Willow Creek Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Willow Creek Township, Illinois, shaded from 780 ft on the west side to 990 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
990 ft 305 m940 ft 285 m920 ft 280 m860 ft 265 m810 ft 245 m780 ft 240 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Willow Creek Township sits at about 930 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
930 ft 285 m
most residents: 810–950 ft
Lowest
780 ft 240 m
on the west side
Highest
990 ft 305 m
on the southeast side
Average
880 ft 270 m
all land inside township boundaries

Willow Creek Township spans about 210 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
930 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
990 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
780 ft240 m
Average of all land880 ft270 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.8 mi west to east through the middle of Willow Creek Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Willow Creek Township, Illinois, shaded from 780 ft on the west side to 990 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Lee County, Illinois, United States
Population
625 2024 est.
Land area
35.1 sq mi
Density
18 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7682° N, 88.9908° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Green River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Compton970 ft
  2. Brooklyn Township950 ft
  3. Lee940 ft
  4. Willow Creek Township930 ft
  5. Paw Paw930 ft
  6. Wyoming Township930 ft
  7. Shabbona Township900 ft
  8. Shabbona900 ft
  9. Alto Township830 ft
  10. Steward820 ft
  11. Viola Township790 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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. All public domain.