Ellington Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ellington Township, Illinois, shaded from 570 ft on the southeast side to 770 ft near the middle
Elevation
770 ft 235 m720 ft 220 m690 ft 210 m640 ft 195 m590 ft 180 m570 ft 175 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
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

Ellington Township sits at about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
690 ft 210 m
most residents: 640–730 ft
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the southeast side
Highest
770 ft 235 m
near the middle
Average
680 ft 210 m
all land inside township boundaries

Ellington Township spans about 200 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
690 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, near the middle
770 ft235 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
570 ft175 m
Airport (UIN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi east of the township boundaries
769 ft234 m
Average of all land680 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Ellington Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ellington Township, Illinois, shaded from 570 ft on the southeast side to 770 ft near the middle
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Adams County, Illinois, United States
Population
2,720 2024 est.
Land area
34.3 sq mi
Density
79 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.9619° N, 91.3240° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field (UIN) 769 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Paloma730 ft
  2. Fowler730 ft
  3. Gilmer Township720 ft
  4. Bloomfield710 ft
  5. Burton Township, Adams County700 ft
  6. Ellington Township690 ft
  7. Burton650 ft
  8. Melrose Township630 ft
  9. Quincy620 ft
  10. Ursa Township600 ft
  11. Riverside Township, Adams County590 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.