Wapella, IL Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
770 ft 235 m760 ft 230 m760 ft 230 m750 ft 230 m740 ft 225 m740 ft 225 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
Wapella sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
740 ft 225 m
most residents: 740–750 ft
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the northwest side
Highest
750 ft 230 m
near the middle
Average
740 ft 225 m
all land inside village limits
Wapella is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 740 ft225 m |
| Highest point Inside village limits, near the middle | 750 ft230 m |
| Lowest point Inside village limits, on the northwest side | 740 ft225 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Wapella | 750 ft230 m |
| Average of all land | 740 ft225 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- Village in De Witt County, Illinois, United States
- Population
- 503 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 897 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.2203° N, 88.9620° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Salt Creek → Sangamon River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 61777
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Wilson Township760 ft
- Harp Township750 ft
- Heyworth750 ft
- Wapella740 ft
- Wapella Township740 ft
- Barnett Township740 ft
- Clintonia Township730 ft
- Clinton730 ft
- Waynesville720 ft
- Waynesville Township720 ft
- Texas Township720 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Illinois546th highest of 2,872
- Towns in De Witt County4th highest of 21
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. All public domain.