Macomb, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Macomb, Illinois, shaded from 590 ft on the west side to 740 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
740 ft 225 m700 ft 215 m680 ft 205 m640 ft 195 m600 ft 185 m590 ft 180 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Macomb 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: 620–700 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the west side
Highest
740 ft 225 m
on the northwest side
Average
680 ft 205 m
all land inside city limits

Macomb spans about 150 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 city limits, on the northwest side
740 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
590 ft180 m
Town center
USGS map point for Macomb
710 ft215 m
Airport (MQB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.9 mi north of the city limits
706 ft215 m
Average of all land680 ft205 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Macomb, Illinois, shaded from 590 ft on the west side to 740 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in McDonough County, Illinois, United States
Population
14,765 2024 est.
Land area
10.8 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
1,361 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.4592° N, 90.6718° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
La Moine River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Macomb Municipal (MQB) 706 ft
ZIP codes 1
61455
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sciota760 ft
  2. Sciota Township720 ft
  3. Good Hope720 ft
  4. Colchester690 ft
  5. Macomb690 ft
  6. Colchester Township690 ft
  7. Emmet Township690 ft
  8. Macomb Township670 ft
  9. Bardolph670 ft
  10. Chalmers Township660 ft
  11. Scotland Township660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dyers Mound730 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.