Leech Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Leech Township, Illinois, shaded from 360 ft on the southeast side to 540 ft on the west side
Elevation
540 ft 165 m500 ft 150 m480 ft 145 m430 ft 130 m390 ft 120 m360 ft 110 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Leech Township sits at about 400 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 125 m
most residents: 380–450 ft
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the southeast side
Highest
540 ft 165 m
on the west side
Average
400 ft 120 m
all land inside township boundaries

Leech Township spans about 180 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
400 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
540 ft165 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
360 ft110 m
Average of all land400 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Leech Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Leech Township, Illinois, shaded from 360 ft on the southeast side to 540 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Population
444 2024 est.
Land area
53.4 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
8.3 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.3372° N, 88.1983° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Little Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Albion500 ft
  2. Barnhill Township460 ft
  3. Burnt Prairie450 ft
  4. Jasper Township450 ft
  5. Fairfield450 ft
  6. Grover Township440 ft
  7. Burnt Prairie Township410 ft
  8. Mill Shoals Township410 ft
  9. Leech Township400 ft
  10. Massilon Township400 ft
  11. Golden Gate390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Boyd Hill580 ft
  • Turkey Ridge400 ft
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).
  • 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, 360 ft at 38.2826° N, 88.1585° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.