Washington, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington, Illinois, shaded from 620 ft on the west side to 820 ft on the west side
Elevation
820 ft 250 m770 ft 235 m750 ft 230 m700 ft 215 m650 ft 200 m620 ft 190 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Washington sits at about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
760 ft 230 m
most residents: 730–790 ft
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the west side
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the west side
Average
760 ft 230 m
all land inside city limits

Washington spans about 200 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
760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
620 ft190 m
Town center
USGS map point for Washington
760 ft230 m
Airport (PIA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi west of the city limits
661 ft201 m
Average of all land760 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington, Illinois, shaded from 620 ft on the west side to 820 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States
Population
15,857 2024 est.
Land area
8.6 sq mi
Density
1,854 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7036° N, 89.4073° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
General Downing - Peoria International (PIA) 661 ft
ZIP codes 1
61571
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Metamora800 ft
  2. Metamora Township800 ft
  3. Germantown Hills770 ft
  4. Washington760 ft
  5. Deer Creek760 ft
  6. Washington Township750 ft
  7. Worth Township, Woodford County750 ft
  8. Deer Creek Township750 ft
  9. Cruger Township740 ft
  10. Morton Township710 ft
  11. Morton710 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 620 ft at 40.6879° N, 89.4690° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.