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Edwards County


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Low elevation: <360 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Bonpas Creek
      7.5' quadrangle name: Grayville
      PLSS: 2-16-3S-14W
      Geology: Cahokia Alluvium in river valley

High elevation: >550 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Unnamed hilltop
      7.5' quadrangle name: West Salem
      PLSS: 3-31-2N-11E
      Geology: Illinoian Vandalia till over Pennsylvanian Mattoon Formation

Area: 220.28 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 190 feet
      Average percent slope: 1.21%


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