Moultrie County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Moultrie County, Illinois, shaded from 600 ft on the southwest side to 770 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
770 ft 235 m730 ft 220 m710 ft 215 m660 ft 200 m620 ft 190 m600 ft 180 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Moultrie County averages about 670 ft (205 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the southwest side to 770 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
670 ft 205 m
all land inside the county
Highest
770 ft 235 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
600 ft 180 m
on the southwest side

Moultrie County spans about 170 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 land670 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
770 ft235 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
600 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

21 mi south to north through Sullivan Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Moultrie County, Illinois, shaded from 600 ft on the southwest side to 770 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
14,365 2024 est.
Land area
336.0 sq mi + 8.5 sq mi water
Density
43 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. Piatt County700 ft
  2. Coles County680 ft
  3. Macon County670 ft
  4. Moultrie County670 ft
  5. Douglas County660 ft
  6. Shelby County640 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 16 towns in Moultrie County by typical elevation
  1. Gays750 ft
  2. Lake City690 ft
  3. Dalton City690 ft
  4. Dora Township690 ft
  5. Whitley Township680 ft
  6. Lovington680 ft
  7. Lovington Township680 ft
  8. Sullivan670 ft
  9. Sullivan Township670 ft
  10. Jonathan Creek Township660 ft
  11. Lowe Township660 ft
  12. Arthur partly660 ft
  13. Marrowbone Township660 ft
  14. Bethany660 ft
  15. East Nelson Township650 ft
  16. Allenville650 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.