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White County


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Low elevation: <340 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Wabash River
      7.5' quadrangle name: Emma
      PLSS: 3-27-7S-10E
      Geology: Cahokia Alluvium in river valley

High elevation: >580 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Boyd Hill
      7.5' quadrangle name: Centerville
      PLSS: 3-2-4S-9E
      Geology: Thin Illinois Vandalia till over Pennsylvanian Mattoon Formation ridge

Area: 496.49 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 240 feet
      Average percent slope: 0.91%


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Updated 12/19/2008 JKH