Nora Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nora Township, Illinois, shaded from 850 ft on the north side to 1,020 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m980 ft 300 m960 ft 290 m920 ft 280 m870 ft 265 m850 ft 260 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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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Nora Township sits at about 980 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
980 ft 295 m
most residents: 930–1,010 ft
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the north side
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the northwest side
Average
960 ft 290 m
all land inside township boundaries

Nora Township spans about 170 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
980 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
850 ft260 m
Town center
USGS map point for Nora Township
1,010 ft305 m
Average of all land960 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nora Township, Illinois, shaded from 850 ft on the north side to 1,020 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States
Population
332 2024 est.
Land area
25.3 sq mi
Density
13 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4558° N, 89.9454° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Warren1,010 ft
  2. Warren Township, Jo Daviess County1,010 ft
  3. Stockton1,000 ft
  4. Nora1,000 ft
  5. Stockton Township990 ft
  6. Nora Township980 ft
  7. West Point Township950 ft
  8. Lena950 ft
  9. Rush Township940 ft
  10. Wayne, Lafayette County, WI880 ft
  11. Winslow Township820 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Benton Mound1,230 ft
  • Mound Sumner1,180 ft
  • Hudson Mound1,170 ft
  • Squirrel Grove Mound1,170 ft
  • Simmons Mound1,080 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. All public domain.