Effingham County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Effingham County, Illinois, shaded from 460 ft on the south side to 680 ft on the west side
Elevation
680 ft 205 m620 ft 190 m600 ft 180 m540 ft 165 m490 ft 150 m460 ft 140 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

Effingham County averages about 580 ft (175 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 460 ft on the south side to 680 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
580 ft 175 m
all land inside the county
Highest
680 ft 205 m
on the west side
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
on the south side

Effingham County spans about 220 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 land580 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
680 ft205 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

21 mi south to north through Douglas Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Effingham County, Illinois, shaded from 460 ft on the south side to 680 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
34,602 2024 est.
Land area
478.8 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
72 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. Shelby County640 ft
  2. Cumberland County610 ft
  3. Effingham County580 ft
  4. Fayette County550 ft
  5. Jasper County530 ft
  6. Clay County490 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 25 towns in Effingham County by typical elevation
  1. Shumway660 ft
  2. Banner Township640 ft
  3. Altamont620 ft
  4. Moccasin Township620 ft
  5. Mound Township620 ft
  6. Beecher City610 ft
  7. Liberty Township, Effingham County610 ft
  8. Teutopolis600 ft
  9. Montrose600 ft
  10. Summit Township600 ft
  11. Teutopolis Township600 ft
  12. St. Francis Township590 ft
  13. Douglas Township590 ft
  14. Effingham590 ft
  15. Dieterich590 ft
  16. Bishop Township590 ft
  17. West Township580 ft
  18. Mason580 ft
  19. Edgewood570 ft
  20. Mason Township570 ft
  21. Jackson Township, Effingham County570 ft
  22. Watson Township560 ft
  23. Watson560 ft
  24. Lucas Township550 ft
  25. Union Township, Effingham County530 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 460 ft at 38.9190° N, 88.5610° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.