Plato Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plato Township, Illinois, shaded from 790 ft on the southeast side to 1,070 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m1,000 ft 305 m960 ft 295 m890 ft 275 m830 ft 250 m790 ft 240 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

Plato Township sits at about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
890 ft 270 m
most residents: 850–930 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the west side
Average
930 ft 280 m
all land inside township boundaries

Plato Township spans about 280 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
890 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
790 ft240 m
Average of all land930 ft280 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.8 mi west to east through the middle of Plato Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plato Township, Illinois, shaded from 790 ft on the southeast side to 1,070 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Kane County, Illinois, United States
Population
9,215 2024 est.
Land area
33.5 sq mi
Density
275 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0202° N, 88.4007° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Fox River → 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. Lily Lake940 ft
  2. Pingree Grove920 ft
  3. Rutland Township910 ft
  4. Gilberts900 ft
  5. Plato Township890 ft
  6. Campton Township850 ft
  7. Campton Hills830 ft
  8. Elgin800 ft
  9. Sleepy Hollow800 ft
  10. Elgin Township800 ft
  11. South Elgin780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Johnsons Mound890 ft
  • Mount Hoy830 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.