Rice Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rice Township, Illinois, shaded from 590 ft on the south side to 1,060 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,060 ft 325 m940 ft 290 m880 ft 270 m770 ft 235 m650 ft 200 m590 ft 180 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
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rice Township sits at about 750 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
750 ft 230 m
most residents: 630–960 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the south side
Highest
1,060 ft 325 m
on the northeast side
Average
810 ft 250 m
all land inside township boundaries

Rice Township spans about 470 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
750 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,060 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
590 ft180 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rice Township
710 ft215 m
Average of all land810 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rice Township, Illinois, shaded from 590 ft on the south side to 1,060 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States
Population
344 2024 est.
Land area
24.4 sq mi + 5.3 sq mi water
Density
14 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.3392° N, 90.3946° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Guilford Township870 ft
  2. The Galena Territory820 ft
  3. Rawlins Township800 ft
  4. Rice Township750 ft
  5. West Galena Township740 ft
  6. East Galena Township740 ft
  7. Galena740 ft
  8. St. Donatus, IA690 ft
  9. Hanover Township, Jo Daviess County650 ft
  10. Hanover640 ft
  11. Bellevue, IA630 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Scales Mound1,160 ft
  • Horseshoe Mound1,076 ft
  • Dygerts Mound1,010 ft
  • Pilot Knob, Jo Daviess County1,000 ft
  • Lost Mound880 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.