Richmond, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richmond, Illinois, shaded from 770 ft on the south side to 900 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
900 ft 275 m870 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m820 ft 250 m780 ft 240 m770 ft 235 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Richmond 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: 790–850 ft
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the south side
Highest
900 ft 275 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
810 ft 250 m
all land inside village limits

Richmond spans about 130 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 village limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
900 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the south side
770 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Richmond
820 ft250 m
Average of all land810 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richmond, Illinois, shaded from 770 ft on the south side to 900 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States
Population
2,123 2024 est.
Land area
4.3 sq mi
Density
495 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4759° N, 88.3059° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Fox River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
60071
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Genoa City, WI880 ft
  2. Bloomfield, WI870 ft
  3. Randall, WI860 ft
  4. Powers Lake, WI860 ft
  5. Town of Bloomfield, WI860 ft
  6. Spring Grove850 ft
  7. Twin Lakes, WI840 ft
  8. Burton Township840 ft
  9. Richmond Township820 ft
  10. Richmond800 ft
  11. Solon Mills790 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gander Mountain957 ft
  • Hill Fifteen910 ft
  • Camelback Kame870 ft
  • Bald Knob, McHenry County790 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.