Craig, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,430 ft 435 m1,420 ft 430 m1,410 ft 430 m1,400 ft 425 m1,390 ft 425 m1,390 ft 420 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Click or tap anywhere: 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

Craig sits at about 1,400 ft (430 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,400 ft 430 m

most residents: 1,400–1,420 ft

Lowest

1,390 ft 420 m

on the east side

Highest

1,430 ft 435 m

on the southwest side

Average

1,410 ft 430 m

all land inside city limits

Craig spans about 40 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,400 ft430 m
Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side	1,430 ft435 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side	1,390 ft420 m
Town center USGS map point for Craig	1,400 ft425 m
Average of all land	1,410 ft430 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: City in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States
Population: 78 2024 est.
Land area: 0.1 sq mi
Density: 886 per sq mi
Coordinates: 42.8958° N, 96.3097° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 51031

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Ireton1,410 ft
Craig1,400 ft
Maurice1,310 ft
Oyens1,290 ft
Struble1,270 ft
Brunsville1,270 ft
Le Mars1,260 ft
Merrill1,190 ft
Hawarden1,180 ft
Akron1,160 ft
Chatsworth1,160 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Iowa50th highest of 1,026
Towns in Plymouth Countyhighest of 11

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); BTS time zones. All public domain.