Blue Grass, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blue Grass, Iowa, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 820 ft on the east side
Elevation
820 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m770 ft 235 m740 ft 225 m710 ft 220 m700 ft 215 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Blue Grass sits at about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
790 ft 240 m
most residents: 770–800 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the southeast side
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the east side
Average
780 ft 240 m
all land inside city limits

Blue Grass spans about 120 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
700 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Blue Grass
790 ft240 m
Airport (MLI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi east of the city limits
590 ft180 m
Average of all land780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blue Grass, Iowa, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 820 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Scott and Muscatine counties, Iowa, United States
Population
1,707 2024 est.
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
540 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.5089° N, 90.7660° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Quad Cities International (MLI) 590 ft
ZIP codes 1
52726
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Blue Grass790 ft
  2. Edgington, IL780 ft
  3. Edgington Township, IL780 ft
  4. Fairport730 ft
  5. Walcott730 ft
  6. Stockton720 ft
  7. Rock Island, IL670 ft
  8. Buffalo590 ft
  9. Montpelier590 ft
  10. Andalusia Township, IL580 ft
  11. Andalusia, IL570 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.