Simpson, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Simpson, Illinois, shaded from 370 ft on the south side to 460 ft on the west side
Elevation
460 ft 140 m440 ft 135 m430 ft 130 m400 ft 125 m380 ft 115 m370 ft 110 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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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.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Simpson sits at about 380 ft (115 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside village limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
380 ft 115 m
few residents
Lowest
370 ft 110 m
on the south side
Highest
460 ft 140 m
on the west side
Average
390 ft 120 m
all land inside village limits

Simpson spans about 90 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
380 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the west side
460 ft140 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the south side
370 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Simpson
390 ft120 m
Average of all land390 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Simpson, Illinois, shaded from 370 ft on the south side to 460 ft on the west side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States
Population
44 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
84 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.4673° N, 88.7551° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
62985
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Goreville730 ft
  2. Eddyville680 ft
  3. New Burnside600 ft
  4. Creal Springs520 ft
  5. Buncombe510 ft
  6. Stonefort Township420 ft
  7. Stonefort420 ft
  8. Cypress410 ft
  9. Vienna380 ft
  10. Simpson380 ft
  11. Belknap340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Deputy Hill640 ft
  • Sand Hill570 ft
  • Blue Knob500 ft
  • Hairy Hill480 ft
  • Island Hill, Johnson County450 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the village limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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. All public domain.