Paw Paw Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paw Paw Township, Illinois, shaded from 690 ft on the southeast side to 950 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m850 ft 260 m790 ft 240 m720 ft 220 m690 ft 210 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

Paw Paw Township sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
740 ft 225 m
most residents: 710–820 ft
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the southeast side
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the northwest side
Average
760 ft 235 m
all land inside township boundaries

Paw Paw Township spans about 260 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
740 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
690 ft210 m
Average of all land760 ft235 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.1 mi south to north through the middle of Paw Paw Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paw Paw Township, Illinois, shaded from 690 ft on the southeast side to 950 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States
Population
310 2024 est.
Land area
37.6 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
8.2 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6866° N, 88.8842° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Indian Creek → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Willow Creek Township930 ft
  2. Paw Paw930 ft
  3. Wyoming Township930 ft
  4. Shabbona Township900 ft
  5. Shabbona900 ft
  6. Paw Paw Township740 ft
  7. Victor Township720 ft
  8. Earlville700 ft
  9. Earl Township700 ft
  10. Leland700 ft
  11. Adams Township700 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Maramech Hill650 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.