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Sand Lake
United States > Illinois > Lake County > Lindenhurst > Venetian Village
Average elevation: 787 ft
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Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
United States > Illinois > Will County > Wilmington
Average elevation: 584 ft
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Sciota
United States > Illinois > McDonough County
Sciota is located in northern McDonough County at 40°33′39″N 90°45′06″W / 40.56083°N 90.75167°W / 40.56083; -90.75167 (40.5608731, -90.7517996) at an elevation of 758 feet (231 m). It is 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of Illinois Route 9 and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Macomb, the county seat.
Average elevation: 758 ft
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Mattoon
United States > Illinois > Coles County
One of the main factors determining the settlement of Mattoon and Coles County in general was the topography. Coles County straddled a timberline in the southern half and prairie in the north. The forested areas were primarily fed by two major rivers: the Embarras River in the east and the Kaskaskia in the…
Average elevation: 722 ft
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Morris
United States > Illinois > Grundy County
Morris is located in northeast Grundy County along U.S. Route 6 and Illinois Route 47 and on the north side of the Illinois River at an elevation of 515 feet (157 m).
Average elevation: 531 ft
Peoria Heights
United States > Illinois > Peoria County
Topographically, the village can be roughly divided into three zones. The Illinois River floodplain, the bluff, and the plateau. While its eastern border is fairly regular with the river's edge, the rest of its municipal border, with Peoria, is quite irregular and convoluted.
Average elevation: 600 ft
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Scales Mound
United States > Illinois > Jo Daviess County
Scales Mound is located in a region of the U.S. Midwest known as the Driftless Area, so called because it escaped glaciation during the last ice age. It covers parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. The Illinois section is mostly limited to Jo Daviess County and small parts of Whiteside and Carroll…
Average elevation: 965 ft
Streator
United States > Illinois > LaSalle County
Streator lies within the Vermilion River/Illinois River Basin Assessment Area (VRAA) defined by the watershed of the Vermilion River, a major tributary to the Illinois River in Central Illinois, an area of mostly flat prairie. The topography of the basin is a complex collection of buried valleys, lowlands and…
Average elevation: 627 ft
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West Frankfort
United States > Illinois > Franklin County
The area of West Frankfort formerly known as Frankfort is still sometimes referred to locally as Frankfort Heights or, more commonly, simply as "The Heights", due to its higher elevation relative to the rest of the city. A post office was maintained in Frankfort Heights until its destruction by fire in 2004,…
Average elevation: 400 ft
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Ned Brown Forest Preserve
United States > Illinois > Cook County > Elk Grove Village
Average elevation: 702 ft
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Henry County
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 826 square miles (2,140 km2), of which 823 square miles (2,130 km2) is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) (0.3%) is water. It is the 29th largest of Illinois' 102 counties. The area is fairly flat, with elevations ranging from 650 feet above…
Average elevation: 702 ft
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