Wayne County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wayne County, Illinois, shaded from 360 ft on the southeast side to 600 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
600 ft 185 m540 ft 165 m510 ft 155 m450 ft 140 m390 ft 120 m360 ft 110 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Wayne County averages about 440 ft (135 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 360 ft on the southeast side to 600 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
440 ft 135 m
all land inside the county
Highest
600 ft 185 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the southeast side

Wayne County spans about 240 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 land440 ft135 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
600 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
360 ft110 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Fairfield.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wayne County, Illinois, shaded from 360 ft on the southeast side to 600 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
15,928 2024 est.
Land area
713.8 sq mi + 1.6 sq mi water
Density
22 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. Marion County530 ft
  2. Jefferson County490 ft
  3. Clay County490 ft
  4. Richland County480 ft
  5. Edwards County440 ft
  6. Hamilton County440 ft
  7. Wayne County440 ft
  8. White County400 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Potatoe Hill470 ft
  • Linder Hill430 ft
  • Turkey Ridge400 ft
All 29 towns in Wayne County by typical elevation
  1. Johnsonville550 ft
  2. Garden Hill Township510 ft
  3. Indian Prairie Township490 ft
  4. Mount Erie490 ft
  5. Orchard Township480 ft
  6. Barnhill Township460 ft
  7. Cisne460 ft
  8. Bedford Township460 ft
  9. Jasper Township450 ft
  10. Lamard Township450 ft
  11. Jeffersonville450 ft
  12. Keith Township450 ft
  13. Four Mile Township450 ft
  14. Big Mound Township450 ft
  15. Keenes450 ft
  16. Zif Township450 ft
  17. Berry Township450 ft
  18. Fairfield450 ft
  19. Grover Township440 ft
  20. Hickory Hill Township440 ft
  21. Mount Erie Township430 ft
  22. Elm River Township430 ft
  23. Wayne City430 ft
  24. Orel Township430 ft
  25. Sims420 ft
  26. Arrington Township420 ft
  27. Leech Township400 ft
  28. Massilon Township400 ft
  29. Golden Gate390 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, 360 ft at 38.2826° N, 88.1585° 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.