Woodford County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Woodford County, Illinois, shaded from 440 ft on the northwest side to 850 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
850 ft 260 m750 ft 230 m700 ft 215 m600 ft 180 m500 ft 150 m440 ft 135 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
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Elevation Data

Woodford County averages about 720 ft (220 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 440 ft on the northwest side to 850 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
720 ft 220 m
all land inside the county
Highest
850 ft 260 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the northwest side

Woodford County spans about 410 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 land720 ft220 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
850 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, west to east

33 mi west to east through Worth Township, Woodford County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Woodford County, Illinois, shaded from 440 ft on the northwest side to 850 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
38,290 2024 est.
Land area
527.6 sq mi + 15.4 sq mi water
Density
73 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. McLean County770 ft
  2. Woodford County720 ft
  3. Livingston County680 ft
  4. Marshall County670 ft
  5. LaSalle County660 ft
  6. Peoria County650 ft
  7. Tazewell County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 34 towns in Woodford County by typical elevation
  1. Metamora800 ft
  2. Metamora Township800 ft
  3. Germantown Hills770 ft
  4. Benson760 ft
  5. Clayton Township, Woodford County760 ft
  6. Kansas Township, Woodford County760 ft
  7. Deer Creek partly760 ft
  8. Worth Township, Woodford County750 ft
  9. Minonk750 ft
  10. Minonk Township750 ft
  11. Olio Township750 ft
  12. Goodfield740 ft
  13. Eureka740 ft
  14. Cruger Township740 ft
  15. El Paso740 ft
  16. Congerville740 ft
  17. Montgomery Township740 ft
  18. Roanoke Township740 ft
  19. Roanoke740 ft
  20. El Paso Township740 ft
  21. Secor740 ft
  22. Palestine Township730 ft
  23. Kappa730 ft
  24. Linn Township730 ft
  25. Panola720 ft
  26. Lowpoint720 ft
  27. Greene Township, Woodford County720 ft
  28. Panola Township720 ft
  29. Cazenovia Township690 ft
  30. Washburn690 ft
  31. Partridge Township630 ft
  32. Bay View Gardens530 ft
  33. Spring Bay Township510 ft
  34. Spring Bay470 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, 440 ft at 40.9001° N, 89.4454° 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.