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Richland County


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Low elevation: <390 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Fox River
      7.5' quadrangle name: Mount Erie
      PLSS: 3-13-2N-9E
      Geology: Equality Formation Carmi Member lake bottom deposits in river valley

High elevation: >600 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Unnamed hilltop
      7.5' quadrangle name: Landes
      PLSS: 2-29-4N-14W
      Geology: Vandalia till upland over Pennsylvanian Mattoon Formation

Area: 358.02 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 210 feet
      Average percent slope: 0.77%


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