Stark County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stark County, Illinois, shaded from 600 ft on the southwest side to 870 ft on the east side
Elevation
870 ft 265 m810 ft 245 m770 ft 235 m700 ft 215 m640 ft 195 m600 ft 185 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Stark County averages about 720 ft (220 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the southwest side to 870 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
720 ft 220 m
all land inside the county
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the east side
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the southwest side

Stark County spans about 270 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 land720 ft220 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
600 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Toulon Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stark County, Illinois, shaded from 600 ft on the southwest side to 870 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
5,272 2024 est.
Land area
288.1 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
18 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. Stark County720 ft
  2. Knox County720 ft
  3. Henry County710 ft
  4. Bureau County700 ft
  5. Marshall County670 ft
  6. Peoria County650 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 12 towns in Stark County by typical elevation
  1. Bradford800 ft
  2. Osceola Township790 ft
  3. La Fayette790 ft
  4. Penn Township770 ft
  5. Elmira Township760 ft
  6. Goshen Township740 ft
  7. Toulon730 ft
  8. Toulon Township720 ft
  9. Wyoming710 ft
  10. Essex Township, Stark County700 ft
  11. Valley Township690 ft
  12. West Jersey Township690 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, 600 ft at 40.9771° N, 89.9737° 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.