Champaign County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Champaign County, Illinois, shaded from 620 ft on the southeast side to 860 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
860 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m770 ft 235 m710 ft 215 m650 ft 200 m620 ft 190 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Champaign County averages about 710 ft (215 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 620 ft on the southeast side to 860 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
710 ft 215 m
all land inside the county
Highest
860 ft 260 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the southeast side

Champaign County spans about 240 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land710 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
860 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, west to east

28 mi west to east through Champaign.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Champaign County, Illinois, shaded from 620 ft on the southeast side to 860 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
212,374 2024 est.
Land area
996.1 sq mi + 2.4 sq mi water
Density
213 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. McLean County770 ft
  2. Ford County750 ft
  3. Champaign County710 ft
  4. Piatt County700 ft
  5. Vermilion County680 ft
  6. Douglas County660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Blue Mound, Champaign County740 ft
  • Blue Mound, Champaign County710 ft
All 55 towns in Champaign County by typical elevation
  1. Gifford790 ft
  2. Compromise Township780 ft
  3. Ludlow770 ft
  4. Harwood Township770 ft
  5. Hensley Township760 ft
  6. Ludlow Township740 ft
  7. Rantoul740 ft
  8. Champaign740 ft
  9. Rantoul Township730 ft
  10. Lake of the Woods730 ft
  11. Philo730 ft
  12. Tolono730 ft
  13. Foosland730 ft
  14. Urbana730 ft
  15. Tolono Township730 ft
  16. Thomasboro730 ft
  17. Savoy730 ft
  18. Mahomet Township730 ft
  19. Philo Township730 ft
  20. Champaign Township730 ft
  21. Mahomet730 ft
  22. Somer Township730 ft
  23. Dewey730 ft
  24. Brown Township720 ft
  25. Fisher720 ft
  26. Kerr Township720 ft
  27. Condit Township720 ft
  28. Urbana Township720 ft
  29. East Bend Township720 ft
  30. Newcomb Township710 ft
  31. Bondville710 ft
  32. Pesotum710 ft
  33. Pesotum Township710 ft
  34. Penfield710 ft
  35. Scott Township, Champaign County710 ft
  36. Seymour700 ft
  37. Colfax Township690 ft
  38. Sadorus690 ft
  39. Ayers Township690 ft
  40. Broadlands690 ft
  41. Sadorus Township680 ft
  42. Royal680 ft
  43. Ivesdale680 ft
  44. Raymond Township, Champaign County680 ft
  45. Stanton Township680 ft
  46. Longview680 ft
  47. St. Joseph Township670 ft
  48. St. Joseph670 ft
  49. Ogden Township670 ft
  50. Ogden670 ft
  51. Homer670 ft
  52. South Homer Township670 ft
  53. Sidney Township670 ft
  54. Sidney660 ft
  55. Crittenden Township660 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.