Lowest and Highest Points in Fulton County


Fulton County map Map legend and scale

Low elevation: <435 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Illinois River
      7.5' quadrangle name: Havana
      PLSS: 4-20-4N-4E
      Geology: Cahokia Alluvium in river valley

High elevation: >780 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Unnamed hilltop
      7.5' quadrangle name: Farmington West
      PLSS: 4-28-8N-4E
      Geology: Radnor till, possible moraine

Area: 873.68 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 345 feet
      Average percent slope: 1.91%

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Updated 9/30/2009 JKH

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