Penfield, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Penfield, Illinois, shaded from 680 ft on the northeast side to 720 ft on the west side
Elevation
720 ft 220 m710 ft 215 m700 ft 215 m690 ft 210 m680 ft 210 m680 ft 205 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Penfield sits at about 710 ft (215 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
710 ft 215 m
most residents: 700–710 ft
Lowest
680 ft 205 m
on the northeast side
Highest
720 ft 220 m
on the west side
Average
700 ft 215 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Penfield spans about 40 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
710 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
720 ft220 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
680 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for Penfield
710 ft215 m
Average of all land700 ft215 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Penfield, Illinois, shaded from 680 ft on the northeast side to 720 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Champaign County, Illinois, United States
Population
151 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
588 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.3034° N, 87.9467° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Middle Fork Vermilion River → Vermilion River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
61862
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gifford790 ft
  2. Compromise Township780 ft
  3. Harwood Township770 ft
  4. Button Township760 ft
  5. Kerr Township720 ft
  6. Penfield710 ft
  7. Pilot Township, Vermilion County690 ft
  8. Royal680 ft
  9. Stanton Township680 ft
  10. Middlefork Township670 ft
  11. Potomac670 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Mound, Champaign County710 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Penfield is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.