Paw Paw, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paw Paw, Illinois, shaded from 880 ft on the southeast side to 950 ft near the middle
Elevation
950 ft 290 m930 ft 285 m920 ft 280 m910 ft 275 m890 ft 270 m880 ft 270 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

Paw Paw sits at about 930 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
930 ft 285 m
most residents: 920–940 ft
Lowest
880 ft 270 m
on the southeast side
Highest
950 ft 290 m
near the middle
Average
930 ft 285 m
all land inside village limits

Paw Paw spans about 70 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
930 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, near the middle
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the southeast side
880 ft270 m
Town center
USGS map point for Paw Paw
940 ft285 m
Average of all land930 ft285 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paw Paw, Illinois, shaded from 880 ft on the southeast side to 950 ft near the middle
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Lee County, Illinois, United States
Population
806 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
1,346 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6889° N, 88.9812° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
61353
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Compton970 ft
  2. Brooklyn Township950 ft
  3. Lee940 ft
  4. Willow Creek Township930 ft
  5. Paw Paw930 ft
  6. Wyoming Township930 ft
  7. Shabbona Township900 ft
  8. Shabbona900 ft
  9. Viola Township790 ft
  10. Paw Paw Township740 ft
  11. Earlville700 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.