Rantoul, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rantoul, Illinois, shaded from 710 ft on the southeast side to 770 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
770 ft 235 m750 ft 230 m740 ft 225 m730 ft 225 m720 ft 220 m710 ft 215 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rantoul 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: 730–750 ft
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the southeast side
Highest
770 ft 235 m
on the southwest side
Average
740 ft 225 m
all land inside village limits

Rantoul spans about 60 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 village limits, on the southwest side
770 ft235 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the southeast side
710 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rantoul
750 ft225 m
Airport (TIP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
738 ft225 m
Average of all land740 ft225 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rantoul, Illinois, shaded from 710 ft on the southeast side to 770 ft on the southwest side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States
Population
12,268 2024 est.
Land area
8.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,445 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.3084° N, 88.1559° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Salt Fork → Vermilion River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (TIP) 738 ft
ZIP codes 1
61866
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gifford790 ft
  2. Compromise Township780 ft
  3. Ludlow770 ft
  4. Harwood Township770 ft
  5. Ludlow Township740 ft
  6. Rantoul740 ft
  7. Rantoul Township730 ft
  8. Thomasboro730 ft
  9. Dewey730 ft
  10. Condit Township720 ft
  11. East Bend Township720 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 village limits, 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 village limits (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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.