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Whiteside County


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Low elevation: <575 feet above mean sea level
      Place: Mississippi River
      7.5' quadrangle name: Clinton Illinois - Iowa
      PLSS: 4-26-21N-2E
      Geology: Cahokia Alluvium in river valley

High elevation: >875 feet above mean sea level
      Place: 2 unnamed hills
      7.5' quadrangle name: Milledgeville
      PLSS: 4-3-22N-6E
      Geology: Illinoian Ogle till uplands

Area: 691.50 square miles
      Total relief (approximate): 300 feet
      Average percent slope: 0.82%


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Updated 12/19/2008 JKH