White County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of White County, Illinois, shaded from 330 ft on the south side to 580 ft on Boyd Hill
Elevation
580 ft 175 m520 ft 155 m490 ft 150 m420 ft 130 m360 ft 110 m330 ft 100 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

White County averages about 400 ft (120 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 330 ft on the south side to 580 ft on Boyd Hill.

Average elevation
400 ft 120 m
all land inside the county
Highest
580 ft 175 m
on Boyd Hill
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the south side

White County spans about 250 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 land400 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Boyd Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
580 ft175 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Carmi Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of White County, Illinois, shaded from 330 ft on the south side to 580 ft on Boyd Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
13,395 2024 est.
Land area
495.0 sq mi + 6.9 sq mi water
Density
27 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland 90%
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. Gibson County, IN440 ft
  2. Edwards County440 ft
  3. Hamilton County440 ft
  4. Wayne County440 ft
  5. Wabash County430 ft
  6. Posey County, IN410 ft
  7. White County400 ft
  8. Gallatin County390 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Boyd Hill580 ft
All 21 towns in White County by typical elevation
  1. Phillipstown480 ft
  2. Burnt Prairie450 ft
  3. Heralds Prairie Township440 ft
  4. Enfield440 ft
  5. Enfield Township440 ft
  6. Gray Township440 ft
  7. Grayville430 ft
  8. Indian Creek Township430 ft
  9. Norris City430 ft
  10. Burnt Prairie Township410 ft
  11. Mill Shoals Township410 ft
  12. Mill Shoals410 ft
  13. Springerton400 ft
  14. Phillips Township400 ft
  15. Crossville400 ft
  16. Carmi Township390 ft
  17. Carmi390 ft
  18. Hawthorne Township380 ft
  19. New Haven partly380 ft
  20. Maunie370 ft
  21. Emma Township370 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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.