Schuyler County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Schuyler County, Illinois, shaded from 420 ft on the east side to 750 ft near the middle
Elevation
750 ft 225 m660 ft 205 m620 ft 190 m540 ft 165 m460 ft 140 m420 ft 130 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Schuyler County averages about 590 ft (180 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 420 ft on the east side to 750 ft near the middle.

Average elevation
590 ft 180 m
all land inside the county
Highest
750 ft 225 m
near the middle
Lowest
420 ft 130 m
on the east side

Schuyler County spans about 330 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land590 ft180 m
Highest point
Inside the county, near the middle
750 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
420 ft130 m

Elevation profile, west to east

28 mi west to east through Rushville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Schuyler County, Illinois, shaded from 420 ft on the east side to 750 ft near the middle
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
6,750 2024 est.
Land area
437.3 sq mi + 4.1 sq mi water
Density
15 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. McDonough County670 ft
  2. Adams County660 ft
  3. Hancock County640 ft
  4. Brown County630 ft
  5. Fulton County600 ft
  6. Schuyler County590 ft
  7. Cass County540 ft
  8. Mason County510 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 17 towns in Schuyler County by typical elevation
  1. Littleton680 ft
  2. Littleton Township670 ft
  3. Rushville670 ft
  4. Buena Vista Township670 ft
  5. Rushville Township670 ft
  6. Huntsville Township650 ft
  7. Oakland Township630 ft
  8. Birmingham Township600 ft
  9. Camden590 ft
  10. Brooklyn Township, Schuyler County580 ft
  11. Bainbridge Township570 ft
  12. Camden Township570 ft
  13. Woodstock Township560 ft
  14. Frederick Township560 ft
  15. Browning Township, Schuyler County560 ft
  16. Hickory Township550 ft
  17. Browning460 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 420 ft at 40.1557° N, 90.2304° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.