Covington Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Covington Township, Illinois, shaded from 410 ft on the northwest side to 490 ft near the middle
Elevation
490 ft 150 m470 ft 145 m460 ft 140 m440 ft 135 m420 ft 125 m410 ft 125 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Covington Township sits at about 450 ft (140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
450 ft 140 m
most residents: 440–470 ft
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the northwest side
Highest
490 ft 150 m
near the middle
Average
450 ft 135 m
all land inside township boundaries

Covington Township spans about 80 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
450 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, near the middle
490 ft150 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
410 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Covington Township
470 ft145 m
Average of all land450 ft135 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Covington Township, Illinois, shaded from 410 ft on the northwest side to 490 ft near the middle
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Washington County, Illinois, United States
Population
374 2024 est.
Land area
39.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
9.4 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.4548° N, 89.4359° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Kaskaskia River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Nashville Township510 ft
  2. Nashville510 ft
  3. Hoyleton Township510 ft
  4. Addieville470 ft
  5. Plum Hill Township470 ft
  6. New Minden460 ft
  7. Covington Township450 ft
  8. Bartelso450 ft
  9. Santa Fe Township450 ft
  10. Okawville Township440 ft
  11. Okawville440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Browns Hill550 ft
  • Corcoran Hill539 ft
  • Schaeffer Hill530 ft
  • The Pinnacle520 ft
  • Heimanns Hill420 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.