Crawford County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crawford County, Illinois, shaded from 410 ft on the southeast side to 640 ft on the south side
Elevation
640 ft 195 m580 ft 175 m550 ft 170 m500 ft 150 m440 ft 135 m410 ft 125 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

Crawford County averages about 500 ft (155 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 410 ft on the southeast side to 640 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
500 ft 155 m
all land inside the county
Highest
640 ft 195 m
on the south side
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the southeast side

Crawford County spans about 230 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 land500 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
640 ft195 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
410 ft125 m

Elevation profile, south to north

22 mi south to north through Robinson Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crawford County, Illinois, shaded from 410 ft on the southeast side to 640 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
18,388 2024 est.
Land area
443.6 sq mi + 2.2 sq mi water
Density
41 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. Clark County590 ft
  2. Jasper County530 ft
  3. Sullivan County, IN510 ft
  4. Crawford County500 ft
  5. Richland County480 ft
  6. Knox County, IN460 ft
  7. Lawrence County450 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bristol Hill560 ft
All 18 towns in Crawford County by typical elevation
  1. Annapolis580 ft
  2. Prairie Township, Crawford County560 ft
  3. Licking Township530 ft
  4. Robinson530 ft
  5. Robinson Township530 ft
  6. Honey Creek Township530 ft
  7. West York510 ft
  8. Oblong510 ft
  9. Flat Rock500 ft
  10. Oblong Township500 ft
  11. Stoy490 ft
  12. Montgomery Township, Crawford County490 ft
  13. Hutsonville Township490 ft
  14. Southwest Township460 ft
  15. Martin Township, Crawford County460 ft
  16. Hutsonville450 ft
  17. Lamotte Township450 ft
  18. Palestine450 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.