Lowest and Highest Points in Greene County

Greene County map Map legend and scale
Low elevation: <420 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Illinois River
      7.5' quadrangle name: Nutwood
      PLSS: 3-24-8N-14W
      Geology: Cahokia Alluvium in river valley

High elevation: >690 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Unnamed hilltop
      7.5' quadrangle name: Bedford
      PLSS: 3-2-12N-13W
      Geology: Loess over Glasford till, perhaps over Mississippian
            Kinderhookian limestone


Area: 541.04 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 270 feet
      Average percent slope: 1.36%



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Updated 05/26/2011 SLD

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