Rawlins Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rawlins Township, Illinois, shaded from 590 ft on the southwest side to 900 ft on the north side
Elevation
900 ft 275 m830 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m710 ft 215 m630 ft 195 m590 ft 180 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
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

Rawlins Township sits at about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
800 ft 245 m
most residents: 740–830 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the southwest side
Highest
900 ft 275 m
on the north side
Average
790 ft 240 m
all land inside township boundaries

Rawlins Township spans about 310 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
800 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
900 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
590 ft180 m
Airport (DBQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi west of the township boundaries
1,076 ft328 m
Average of all land790 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.9 mi west to east through the middle of Rawlins Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rawlins Township, Illinois, shaded from 590 ft on the southwest side to 900 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States
Population
546 2024 est.
Land area
11.7 sq mi
Density
47 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4405° N, 90.4463° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Dubuque Regional (DBQ) 1,076 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hazel Green, WI940 ft
  2. The Galena Territory820 ft
  3. Vinegar Hill Township810 ft
  4. Council Hill Township810 ft
  5. Rawlins Township800 ft
  6. Menominee Township800 ft
  7. Menominee800 ft
  8. West Galena Township740 ft
  9. East Galena Township740 ft
  10. Galena740 ft
  11. St. Donatus, IA690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Scales Mound1,160 ft
  • Horseshoe Mound1,076 ft
  • Wenzel Mound1,050 ft
  • Dygerts Mound1,010 ft
  • Pilot Knob, Jo Daviess County1,000 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.