Livingston County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Livingston County, Illinois, shaded from 550 ft on the northwest side to 840 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
840 ft 255 m770 ft 235 m730 ft 225 m660 ft 200 m590 ft 180 m550 ft 170 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Livingston County averages about 680 ft (210 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 550 ft on the northwest side to 840 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
680 ft 210 m
all land inside the county
Highest
840 ft 255 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
550 ft 170 m
on the northwest side

Livingston County spans about 290 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land680 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
840 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
550 ft170 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Pontiac Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Livingston County, Illinois, shaded from 550 ft on the northwest side to 840 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
35,375 2024 est.
Land area
1,043.6 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
34 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. McLean County770 ft
  2. Ford County750 ft
  3. Woodford County720 ft
  4. Livingston County680 ft
  5. LaSalle County660 ft
  6. Kankakee County650 ft
  7. Grundy County590 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Smiths Mound750 ft
All 46 towns in Livingston County by typical elevation
  1. Germanville Township800 ft
  2. Strawn770 ft
  3. Fayette Township770 ft
  4. Belle Prairie Township750 ft
  5. Chatsworth Township730 ft
  6. Chatsworth730 ft
  7. Waldo Township730 ft
  8. Odell710 ft
  9. Odell Township710 ft
  10. Sunbury Township710 ft
  11. Union Township, Livingston County710 ft
  12. Emington710 ft
  13. Broughton Township690 ft
  14. Pleasant Ridge Township690 ft
  15. Owego Township690 ft
  16. Cullom690 ft
  17. Sullivan Township, Livingston County690 ft
  18. Pike Township690 ft
  19. Forrest Township690 ft
  20. Forrest680 ft
  21. Saunemin Township680 ft
  22. Saunemin680 ft
  23. Indian Grove Township680 ft
  24. Fairbury680 ft
  25. Charlotte Township680 ft
  26. Nebraska Township670 ft
  27. Flanagan670 ft
  28. Nevada Township670 ft
  29. Eppards Point Township670 ft
  30. Avoca Township660 ft
  31. Esmen Township660 ft
  32. Campus650 ft
  33. Rooks Creek Township650 ft
  34. Pontiac Township640 ft
  35. Pontiac640 ft
  36. Long Point Township640 ft
  37. Long Point640 ft
  38. Dwight Township640 ft
  39. Dwight630 ft
  40. Round Grove Township630 ft
  41. Cornell630 ft
  42. Amity Township630 ft
  43. Streator partly620 ft
  44. Reading Township620 ft
  45. Newtown Township610 ft
  46. Reddick partly610 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.