Du Quoin, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Du Quoin, Illinois, shaded from 400 ft on the southeast side to 480 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
480 ft 145 m460 ft 140 m450 ft 135 m430 ft 130 m410 ft 125 m400 ft 120 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Du Quoin 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: 440–460 ft
Lowest
400 ft 120 m
on the southeast side
Highest
480 ft 145 m
on the southeast side
Average
440 ft 135 m
all land inside city limits

Du Quoin 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 city limits, on the southeast side
480 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
400 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Du Quoin
460 ft140 m
Airport (PJY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.6 mi west of the city limits
400 ft122 m
Average of all land440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Du Quoin, Illinois, shaded from 400 ft on the southeast side to 480 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Perry County, Illinois, United States
Population
5,611 2024 est.
Land area
7.0 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
804 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.0114° N, 89.2362° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Muddy River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Pinckneyville/Du Quoin (PJY) 400 ft
ZIP codes 1
62832
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tamaroa500 ft
  2. St. Johns460 ft
  3. North City460 ft
  4. Du Quoin450 ft
  5. Pinckneyville450 ft
  6. Mulkeytown440 ft
  7. Dowell400 ft
  8. Elk Township400 ft
  9. Elkville400 ft
  10. Vergennes Township400 ft
  11. Vergennes390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Grammer Hill570 ft
  • Moores Hill540 ft
  • Turkey Knob490 ft
  • Browning Hill450 ft
  • Dutch Hill, Jackson County440 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.