Edwardsville Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Edwardsville Township, Illinois, shaded from 410 ft on the west side to 690 ft on the west side
Elevation
690 ft 210 m620 ft 190 m590 ft 180 m520 ft 155 m450 ft 135 m410 ft 125 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Edwardsville Township sits at about 550 ft (165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
550 ft 165 m
most residents: 510–570 ft
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the west side
Highest
690 ft 210 m
on the west side
Average
500 ft 155 m
all land inside township boundaries

Edwardsville Township spans about 280 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
550 ft165 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
690 ft210 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
410 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Edwardsville Township
550 ft165 m
Airport (ALN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.9 mi northwest of the township boundaries
544 ft166 m
Average of all land500 ft155 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Edwardsville Township, Illinois, shaded from 410 ft on the west side to 690 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Madison County, Illinois, United States
Population
40,499 2024 est.
Land area
35.3 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
1,148 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.8114° N, 89.9532° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
St Louis Regional (ALN) 544 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Maryville570 ft
  2. Troy560 ft
  3. Jarvis Township560 ft
  4. Glen Carbon550 ft
  5. Edwardsville Township550 ft
  6. Edwardsville540 ft
  7. Pin Oak Township540 ft
  8. Fort Russell Township520 ft
  9. Roxana440 ft
  10. South Roxana440 ft
  11. Chouteau Township430 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Fox Hill600 ft
  • Browns Mound, Madison County590 ft
  • Neudeckers Mountain560 ft
  • Monks Mound520 ft
  • Rattlesnake Mound430 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.