Derinda Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Derinda Township, Illinois, shaded from 600 ft on the southwest side to 1,030 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,030 ft 315 m930 ft 280 m870 ft 265 m760 ft 235 m660 ft 200 m600 ft 185 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Derinda Township sits at about 810 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
810 ft 245 m
most residents: 670–950 ft
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the northeast side
Average
780 ft 240 m
all land inside township boundaries

Derinda Township spans about 430 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
810 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,030 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
600 ft185 m
Average of all land780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.1 mi west to east through the middle of Derinda Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Derinda Township, Illinois, shaded from 600 ft on the southwest side to 1,030 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States
Population
277 2024 est.
Land area
37.0 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
7.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2434° N, 90.1612° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pleasant Valley Township850 ft
  2. Woodbine Township820 ft
  3. Elizabeth810 ft
  4. Derinda Township810 ft
  5. Elizabeth Township800 ft
  6. Woodland Township, Carroll County760 ft
  7. Washington Township, Carroll County690 ft
  8. Hanover Township, Jo Daviess County650 ft
  9. Hanover640 ft
  10. Savanna630 ft
  11. Savanna Township620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Benton Mound1,230 ft
  • Simmons Mound1,080 ft
  • Wenzel Mound1,050 ft
  • Heer Hill940 ft
  • Lost Mound880 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. All public domain.