Lowest and Highest Points in Pulaski County

Pulaski County map Map legend and scale

Low elevation: <300 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Ohio River
      7.5' quadrangle name: Cairo
      PLSS: 3-1-17S-1W
      Geology: Cahokia Alluvium in river valley

High elevation: >500 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Unnamed hilltop
      7.5' quadrangle name: Dongola
      PLSS: 3-4-14S-1W
      Geology: Mississippian Middle Valmeyeran ridge

Area: 201.20 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 220 feet
      Average percent slope: 0.96%

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Updated 10/1/2009 JKH

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