El Paso, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of El Paso, Illinois, shaded from 700 ft on the northwest side to 790 ft on the west side
Elevation
790 ft 240 m770 ft 235 m750 ft 230 m730 ft 225 m710 ft 215 m700 ft 215 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

El Paso sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
740 ft 225 m
most residents: 720–750 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the northwest side
Highest
790 ft 240 m
on the west side
Average
740 ft 225 m
all land inside city limits

El Paso spans about 90 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
740 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
790 ft240 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
700 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for El Paso
750 ft230 m
Average of all land740 ft225 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of El Paso, Illinois, shaded from 700 ft on the northwest side to 790 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Woodford County, Illinois, United States
Population
2,732 2024 est.
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
1,274 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7392° N, 89.0165° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mackinaw River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
61738
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kansas Township, Woodford County760 ft
  2. Gridley750 ft
  3. Gridley Township750 ft
  4. El Paso740 ft
  5. El Paso Township740 ft
  6. Secor740 ft
  7. Palestine Township730 ft
  8. Kappa730 ft
  9. Panola720 ft
  10. Greene Township, Woodford County720 ft
  11. Panola Township720 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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); BTS time zones. All public domain.