Pilot Knob Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pilot Knob Township, Illinois, shaded from 450 ft on the east side to 560 ft on the west side
Elevation
560 ft 170 m530 ft 160 m520 ft 160 m490 ft 150 m460 ft 140 m450 ft 135 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pilot Knob Township sits at about 500 ft (150 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
500 ft 150 m
most residents: 480–520 ft
Lowest
450 ft 135 m
on the east side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the west side
Average
500 ft 155 m
all land inside township boundaries

Pilot Knob Township spans about 110 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
500 ft150 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
450 ft135 m
Average of all land500 ft155 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.8 mi west to east through the middle of Pilot Knob Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pilot Knob Township, Illinois, shaded from 450 ft on the east side to 560 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Washington County, Illinois, United States
Population
513 2024 est.
Land area
35.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
15 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2687° N, 89.4123° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Beaucoup Creek → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Du Bois Township530 ft
  2. Beaucoup Township520 ft
  3. Oakdale520 ft
  4. Nashville Township510 ft
  5. Nashville510 ft
  6. Oakdale Township510 ft
  7. Pilot Knob Township500 ft
  8. Bolo Township490 ft
  9. Lively Grove Township480 ft
  10. Addieville470 ft
  11. Plum Hill Township470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Pinnacle520 ft
  • Heimanns Hill420 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.