Adams County


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Low elevation: <465 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Mississippi River
      7.5' quadrangle name: Marblehead
      PLSS: 4-32-3S-8W
      Geology: Cahokia Alluvium in river valley

High elevation: >860 feet above mean sea level
      Place: unnamed hilltop
      7.5' quadrangle name: Fishhook
      PLSS: 4-35-3S-5W
      Geology: Loess over Cretaceous hill

Area: 861.86 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 395 feet
      Average percent slope: 1.41%

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Updated 05/25/2011 SLD

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