Lowest and Highest Points in Champaign County

Champaign County map Map legend and scale


Low elevation: <625 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Salt Fork River
      7.5' quadrangle name: Homer
      PLSS: 2-33-19N-14W
      Geology: Cahokia Alluvium in river valley

High elevation: >855 feet above mean sea level
      Place: unnamed hilltop
      7.5' quadrangle name: Rising
      PLSS: 3-20-20N-8E
      Geology: Champaign Moraine

Area: 987.74 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 230 feet
      Average percent slope: 0.50%

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Updated 9/29/2009 JKH

ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
E. Donald McKay, III, Interim Director

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