Ellston, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,230 ft 375 m1,220 ft 370 m1,210 ft 370 m1,190 ft 365 m1,180 ft 360 m1,170 ft 360 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

Ellston sits at about 1,210 ft (370 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

1,210 ft 370 m

few residents

Lowest

1,170 ft 360 m

on the northeast side

Highest

1,230 ft 375 m

near the middle

Average

1,210 ft 370 m

all land inside city limits

Ellston spans about 60 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	1,210 ft370 m
Highest point Inside city limits, near the middle	1,230 ft375 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side	1,170 ft360 m
Town center USGS map point for Ellston	1,230 ft375 m
Average of all land	1,210 ft370 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: City in Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
Population: 23 2024 est.
Land area: 0.2 sq mi
Density: 92 per sq mi
Coordinates: 40.8403° N, 94.1086° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Thompson River → Grand River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 50074

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Arispe1,270 ft
Tingley1,260 ft
Ellston1,210 ft
Mount Ayr1,210 ft
Shannon City1,210 ft
Beaconsfield1,200 ft
Kellerton1,200 ft
Diagonal1,160 ft
Sun Valley Lake1,150 ft
Thayer1,130 ft
Grand River1,020 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Iowa232nd highest of 1,026
Towns in Ringgold County2nd highest of 11

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
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.