Geneseo, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Geneseo, Illinois, shaded from 600 ft on the north side to 720 ft on the south side
Elevation
720 ft 220 m690 ft 210 m670 ft 205 m650 ft 195 m620 ft 190 m600 ft 185 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

Geneseo sits at about 650 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
650 ft 195 m
most residents: 630–660 ft
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the north side
Highest
720 ft 220 m
on the south side
Average
650 ft 200 m
all land inside city limits

Geneseo spans about 120 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
650 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
720 ft220 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
600 ft185 m
Town center
USGS map point for Geneseo
650 ft200 m
Average of all land650 ft200 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Geneseo, Illinois, shaded from 600 ft on the north side to 720 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Henry County, Illinois, United States
Population
6,503 2024 est.
Land area
4.7 sq mi
Density
1,380 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4481° N, 90.1543° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
61254
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Munson Township740 ft
  2. Cornwall Township700 ft
  3. Hanna Township670 ft
  4. Phenix Township660 ft
  5. Atkinson650 ft
  6. Atkinson Township650 ft
  7. Geneseo650 ft
  8. Geneseo Township640 ft
  9. Edford Township640 ft
  10. Loraine Township610 ft
  11. Joslin580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hickory Point720 ft
  • Thunderbolt Hill670 ft
  • Indian Hill, Henry County670 ft
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.