Gorham, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

760 ft 230 m650 ft 200 m600 ft 185 m500 ft 155 m400 ft 125 m350 ft 105 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Click or tap anywhere: The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure: Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Village area: Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Gorham sits at about 360 ft (110 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

360 ft 110 m

most residents: 350–360 ft

Lowest

350 ft 105 m

on the north side

Highest

760 ft 230 m

on the south side

Average

390 ft 120 m

all land inside village limits

Gorham spans about 410 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	360 ft110 m
Highest point Inside village limits, on the south side	760 ft230 m
Lowest point Inside village limits, on the north side	350 ft105 m
Town center USGS map point for Gorham	360 ft110 m
Average of all land	390 ft120 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Village in Jackson County, Illinois, United States
Population: 171 2024 est.
Land area: 1.2 sq mi
Density: 140 per sq mi
Coordinates: 37.7184° N, 89.4859° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 62940

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Illinois2,852nd highest of 2,872
Towns in Jackson County25th highest of 28

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Grassy Knob800 ft
Lookout Rocks730 ft
Swallow Rock670 ft
Mount Carbon500 ft
Walker Hill490 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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.