Houston Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Houston Township, Illinois, shaded from 610 ft on the west side to 720 ft on the east side
Elevation
720 ft 220 m690 ft 210 m680 ft 205 m650 ft 200 m630 ft 190 m610 ft 185 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

Houston 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: 640–710 ft
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the west side
Highest
720 ft 220 m
on the east side
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside township boundaries

Houston Township spans about 110 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, on the east side
720 ft220 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
610 ft185 m
Airport (UIN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi southwest of the township boundaries
769 ft234 m
Average of all land690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.2 mi west to east through the middle of Houston Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Houston Township, Illinois, shaded from 610 ft on the west side to 720 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Adams County, Illinois, United States
Population
208 2024 est.
Land area
37.9 sq mi
Density
5.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.1434° N, 91.0761° 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. Coatsburg760 ft
  2. Camp Point730 ft
  3. Camp Point Township730 ft
  4. Golden720 ft
  5. Northeast Township720 ft
  6. La Prairie710 ft
  7. Houston Township690 ft
  8. Bowen690 ft
  9. Chili Township690 ft
  10. Loraine630 ft
  11. Keene Township630 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.