New Salem, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Salem, Illinois, shaded from 710 ft on the southwest side to 810 ft on the north side
Elevation
810 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m780 ft 235 m750 ft 230 m720 ft 220 m710 ft 215 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

New Salem sits at about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
790 ft 240 m
most residents: 780–800 ft
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the southwest side
Highest
810 ft 250 m
on the north side
Average
770 ft 235 m
all land inside village limits

New Salem spans about 100 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
790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the north side
810 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the southwest side
710 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for New Salem
780 ft240 m
Airport (PPQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.3 mi southeast of the village limits
710 ft216 m
Average of all land770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Salem, Illinois, shaded from 710 ft on the southwest side to 810 ft on the north side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Pike County, Illinois, United States
Population
116 2024 est.
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
111 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7075° N, 90.8476° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Bay Creek → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Pittsfield Penstone Municipal (PPQ) 710 ft
ZIP codes 1
62357
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Baylis850 ft
  2. New Salem Township800 ft
  3. New Salem790 ft
  4. Hadley Township740 ft
  5. Pittsfield Township730 ft
  6. Pittsfield730 ft
  7. Fairmount Township710 ft
  8. Newburg Township690 ft
  9. Griggsville680 ft
  10. Griggsville Township680 ft
  11. Perry Township590 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Mound, Adams County850 ft
  • Calvert Hill740 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.