Cumberland County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cumberland County, Illinois, shaded from 500 ft on the south side to 710 ft on the north side
Elevation
710 ft 215 m660 ft 200 m630 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m520 ft 160 m500 ft 150 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

Cumberland County averages about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 500 ft on the south side to 710 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
610 ft 185 m
all land inside the county
Highest
710 ft 215 m
on the north side
Lowest
500 ft 150 m
on the south side

Cumberland County spans about 210 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 land610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
710 ft215 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
500 ft150 m

Elevation profile, west to east

25 mi west to east through Neoga Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cumberland County, Illinois, shaded from 500 ft on the south side to 710 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
10,305 2024 est.
Land area
345.9 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
30 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. Coles County680 ft
  2. Shelby County640 ft
  3. Cumberland County610 ft
  4. Clark County590 ft
  5. Effingham County580 ft
  6. Jasper County530 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Buck Knoll610 ft
  • Graveyard Hill610 ft
All 16 towns in Cumberland County by typical elevation
  1. Janesville partly690 ft
  2. Trilla partly650 ft
  3. Neoga650 ft
  4. Neoga Township650 ft
  5. Casey partly640 ft
  6. Cottonwood Township630 ft
  7. Spring Point Township610 ft
  8. Union Township, Cumberland County610 ft
  9. Crooked Creek Township, Cumberland County600 ft
  10. Montrose partly600 ft
  11. Toledo600 ft
  12. Sumpter Township600 ft
  13. Greenup590 ft
  14. Greenup Township590 ft
  15. Jewett580 ft
  16. Woodbury Township580 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.