Waterford Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waterford Township, Illinois, shaded from 430 ft on the east side to 580 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
580 ft 175 m540 ft 165 m520 ft 160 m480 ft 145 m450 ft 135 m430 ft 130 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
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Waterford Township sits at about 500 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
500 ft 155 m
most residents: 450–550 ft
Lowest
430 ft 130 m
on the east side
Highest
580 ft 175 m
on the northwest side
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside township boundaries

Waterford Township spans about 150 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
500 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
580 ft175 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
430 ft130 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.6 mi west to east through the middle of Waterford Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waterford Township, Illinois, shaded from 430 ft on the east side to 580 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Fulton County, Illinois, United States
Population
160 2024 est.
Land area
21.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
7.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.3480° N, 90.1348° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pleasant Township650 ft
  2. Bryant610 ft
  3. Lewistown580 ft
  4. Lewistown Township580 ft
  5. Bernadotte Township580 ft
  6. Liverpool Township550 ft
  7. Isabel Township540 ft
  8. Waterford Township500 ft
  9. Havana Township470 ft
  10. Havana470 ft
  11. Liverpool450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tampico Mounds579 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.