Modesto, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

700 ft 215 m690 ft 210 m690 ft 210 m680 ft 210 m670 ft 205 m670 ft 205 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Click or tap anywhere: The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure: Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Village area: Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Modesto sits at about 680 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

680 ft 210 m

most residents: 680–690 ft

Lowest

670 ft 205 m

on the east side

Highest

690 ft 210 m

on the southwest side

Average

680 ft 210 m

all land inside village limits

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

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	680 ft210 m
Highest point Inside village limits, on the southwest side	690 ft210 m
Lowest point Inside village limits, on the east side	670 ft205 m
Town center USGS map point for Modesto	680 ft210 m
Average of all land	680 ft210 m

Topographic Map

Location: Village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States
Population: 176 2024 est.
Land area: 0.6 sq mi
Density: 315 per sq mi
Coordinates: 39.4784° N, 89.9821° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Macoupin Creek → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 62667

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Illinois1,024th highest of 2,872
Towns in Macoupin Countyhighest of 53

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Coops Mound690 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.