Iowa Falls, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Iowa Falls, Iowa, shaded from 1,030 ft on the southeast side to 1,190 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,190 ft 360 m1,150 ft 350 m1,130 ft 345 m1,090 ft 330 m1,050 ft 320 m1,030 ft 315 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

Iowa Falls sits at about 1,100 ft (335 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,100 ft 335 m
most residents: 1,090–1,130 ft
Lowest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,190 ft 360 m
on the west side
Average
1,110 ft 340 m
all land inside city limits

Iowa Falls spans about 160 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
1,100 ft335 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,190 ft360 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,030 ft315 m
Town center
USGS map point for Iowa Falls
1,110 ft335 m
Airport (IFA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.5 mi south of the city limits
1,137 ft347 m
Average of all land1,110 ft340 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Iowa Falls, Iowa, shaded from 1,030 ft on the southeast side to 1,190 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Hardin County, Iowa, United States
Population
4,993 2024 est.
Land area
5.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
881 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.5225° N, 93.2513° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Iowa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Iowa Falls Municipal (IFA) 1,137 ft
ZIP codes 1
50126
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bradford1,250 ft
  2. Williams1,210 ft
  3. Buckeye1,150 ft
  4. Popejoy1,150 ft
  5. Alden1,150 ft
  6. Iowa Falls1,100 ft
  7. Geneva1,090 ft
  8. Owasa1,090 ft
  9. Ackley1,090 ft
  10. Eldora1,060 ft
  11. Steamboat Rock1,010 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.