Prairie Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prairie Township, Illinois, shaded from 560 ft on the southeast side to 680 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
680 ft 210 m650 ft 200 m640 ft 195 m600 ft 185 m570 ft 175 m560 ft 170 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
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

Prairie Township sits at about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
640 ft 195 m
most residents: 630–650 ft
Lowest
560 ft 170 m
on the southeast side
Highest
680 ft 210 m
on the southeast side
Average
630 ft 195 m
all land inside township boundaries

Prairie Township spans about 120 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
640 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
680 ft210 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
560 ft170 m
Average of all land630 ft195 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.0 mi south to north through the middle of Prairie Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prairie Township, Illinois, shaded from 560 ft on the southeast side to 680 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Shelby County, Illinois, United States
Population
1,200 2024 est.
Land area
54.2 sq mi
Density
22 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.2671° N, 88.6299° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Kaskaskia River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shumway660 ft
  2. Banner Township640 ft
  3. Stewardson640 ft
  4. Prairie Township640 ft
  5. Big Spring Township640 ft
  6. Sigel640 ft
  7. Richland Township640 ft
  8. Strasburg640 ft
  9. Sigel Township640 ft
  10. Holland Township610 ft
  11. Clarksburg Township610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dean Hills698 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.