Lowest and Highest Points in Lawrence County

Lawrence County map Map legend and scale

Low elevation: <395 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Wabash River
      7.5' quadrangle names: St. Francisville
      PLSS: 2-29-2N-11W
      Geology: Cahokia Alluvium in river valley

High elevation: >630 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Red Hills Chapel
      7.5' quadrangle name: Sumner
      PLSS: 2-34-4N-13W
      Geology: Illinois Vandalia till over Pennsylvanian Mattoon formation

Area: 369.94 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 235 feet
      Average percent slope: 0.84%

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Updated 9/30/2009 JKH

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