Mound Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mound Township, Illinois, shaded from 520 ft on the southeast side to 680 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
680 ft 205 m640 ft 195 m620 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m540 ft 165 m520 ft 160 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mound Township sits at about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
620 ft 190 m
most residents: 600–620 ft
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
on the southeast side
Highest
680 ft 205 m
on the northwest side
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside township boundaries

Mound Township spans about 160 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
620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
680 ft205 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
520 ft160 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.1 mi west to east through the middle of Mound Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mound Township, Illinois, shaded from 520 ft on the southeast side to 680 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Effingham County, Illinois, United States
Population
3,524 2024 est.
Land area
37.0 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
95 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0536° N, 88.7468° 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. Altamont620 ft
  2. Moccasin Township620 ft
  3. Mound Township620 ft
  4. St. Elmo620 ft
  5. Avena Township610 ft
  6. Beecher City610 ft
  7. Wheatland Township, Fayette County600 ft
  8. Summit Township600 ft
  9. Loudon Township590 ft
  10. West Township580 ft
  11. Jackson Township, Effingham County570 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dean Hills698 ft
  • Bridges Knob690 ft
  • Bowling Green Hill670 ft
  • Island Hill, Fayette County570 ft
  • White Oak Mound510 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).
  • 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.