Shawnee Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shawnee Township, Illinois, shaded from 330 ft on the northeast side to 600 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
600 ft 180 m530 ft 160 m500 ft 150 m430 ft 130 m360 ft 110 m330 ft 100 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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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Shawnee Township sits at about 350 ft (105 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
350 ft 105 m
most residents: 350–510 ft
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the northeast side
Highest
600 ft 180 m
on the northeast side
Average
370 ft 115 m
all land inside township boundaries

Shawnee Township spans about 270 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
350 ft105 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
600 ft180 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
330 ft100 m
Average of all land370 ft115 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.9 mi south to north through the middle of Shawnee Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shawnee Township, Illinois, shaded from 330 ft on the northeast side to 600 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States
Population
163 2024 est.
Land area
23.5 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
6.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.7047° N, 88.1352° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bowlesville Township440 ft
  2. Shawneetown400 ft
  3. Gold Hill Township400 ft
  4. Equality Township390 ft
  5. Eagle Creek Township380 ft
  6. North Fork Township380 ft
  7. Ridgway380 ft
  8. Ridgway Township380 ft
  9. Junction360 ft
  10. Shawnee Township350 ft
  11. Old Shawneetown350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gold Hill690 ft
  • Belt Hill650 ft
  • Tucker Hill650 ft
  • Crow Hill630 ft
  • Brokaw Hill630 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. All public domain.