Ford County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ford County, Illinois, shaded from 650 ft on the north side to 870 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
870 ft 265 m810 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m730 ft 220 m670 ft 205 m650 ft 195 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ford County averages about 750 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 650 ft on the north side to 870 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
750 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
650 ft 195 m
on the north side

Ford 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 land750 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
650 ft195 m

Elevation profile, west to east

28 mi west to east through Patton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ford County, Illinois, shaded from 650 ft on the north side to 870 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
13,451 2024 est.
Land area
485.6 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
28 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. McLean County770 ft
  2. Ford County750 ft
  3. Champaign County710 ft
  4. Livingston County680 ft
  5. Vermilion County680 ft
  6. Iroquois County670 ft
  7. Kankakee County650 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 21 towns in Ford County by typical elevation
  1. Sibley820 ft
  2. Sullivant Township820 ft
  3. Melvin800 ft
  4. Peach Orchard Township800 ft
  5. Paxton800 ft
  6. Patton Township790 ft
  7. Elliott780 ft
  8. Dix Township780 ft
  9. Roberts780 ft
  10. Lyman Township780 ft
  11. Wall Township770 ft
  12. Button Township760 ft
  13. Drummer Township750 ft
  14. Gibson City750 ft
  15. Kempton740 ft
  16. Mona Township720 ft
  17. Rogers Township700 ft
  18. Cabery700 ft
  19. Brenton Township670 ft
  20. Piper City670 ft
  21. Pella Township660 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, 650 ft at 40.8440° N, 88.2085° 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.