Christian County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Christian County, Illinois, shaded from 530 ft on the northwest side to 800 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
800 ft 245 m730 ft 225 m700 ft 215 m630 ft 195 m570 ft 175 m530 ft 165 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Christian County averages about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 530 ft on the northwest side to 800 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
620 ft 190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
800 ft 245 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
530 ft 165 m
on the northwest side

Christian County spans about 270 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 land620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
800 ft245 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
530 ft165 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Taylorville Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Christian County, Illinois, shaded from 530 ft on the northwest side to 800 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
33,247 2024 est.
Land area
709.5 sq mi + 6.3 sq mi water
Density
47 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. Macon County670 ft
  2. Shelby County640 ft
  3. Montgomery County640 ft
  4. Christian County620 ft
  5. Sangamon County600 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Long Mound680 ft
All 33 towns in Christian County by typical elevation
  1. Pana690 ft
  2. Pana Township690 ft
  3. Rosamond Township680 ft
  4. Mount Auburn640 ft
  5. Greenwood Township, Christian County640 ft
  6. Harvel partly640 ft
  7. Assumption640 ft
  8. Assumption Township640 ft
  9. King Township630 ft
  10. Morrisonville630 ft
  11. Ricks Township630 ft
  12. Locust Township630 ft
  13. Moweaqua partly620 ft
  14. Owaneco620 ft
  15. Palmer620 ft
  16. Bear Creek Township620 ft
  17. Taylorville610 ft
  18. Taylorville Township610 ft
  19. Mount Auburn Township610 ft
  20. Johnson Township610 ft
  21. Stonington Township610 ft
  22. Stonington610 ft
  23. Prairieton Township610 ft
  24. May Township610 ft
  25. Langleyville600 ft
  26. Mosquito Township600 ft
  27. Bulpitt600 ft
  28. South Fork Township600 ft
  29. Kincaid600 ft
  30. Jeisyville600 ft
  31. Tovey600 ft
  32. Buckhart Township590 ft
  33. Edinburg590 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 530 ft at 39.6726° N, 89.4726° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.