La Fayette, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Fayette, Illinois, shaded from 780 ft on the northwest side to 800 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
810 ft 245 m800 ft 245 m800 ft 245 m790 ft 240 m780 ft 240 m780 ft 235 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

La Fayette sits at about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
790 ft 240 m
most residents: 790–800 ft
Lowest
780 ft 235 m
on the northwest side
Highest
800 ft 245 m
on the southeast side
Average
790 ft 240 m
all land inside village limits

La Fayette is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the southeast side
800 ft245 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the northwest side
780 ft235 m
Airport (EZI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.3 mi north of the village limits
858 ft262 m
Average of all land790 ft240 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Fayette, Illinois, shaded from 780 ft on the northwest side to 800 ft on the southeast side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Stark County, Illinois, United States
Population
154 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
815 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1092° N, 89.9735° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Spoon River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Kewanee Municipal (EZI) 858 ft
ZIP codes 1
61449
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Galva840 ft
  2. Galva Township840 ft
  3. Wethersfield Township830 ft
  4. Victoria830 ft
  5. Victoria Township800 ft
  6. La Fayette790 ft
  7. Lynn Township, Knox County760 ft
  8. Goshen Township740 ft
  9. Toulon730 ft
  10. Toulon Township720 ft
  11. West Jersey Township690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pilot Knob, Knox County880 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.