Little Sioux, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Little Sioux, Iowa, shaded from 1,020 ft on the west side to 1,040 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m1,050 ft 320 m1,040 ft 320 m1,030 ft 315 m1,030 ft 315 m1,020 ft 310 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
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Measure
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City area
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Elevation Data

Little Sioux sits at about 1,030 ft (315 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,030 ft 315 m
most residents: 1,030–1,040 ft
Lowest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the west side
Highest
1,040 ft 315 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,030 ft 315 m
all land inside city limits

Little Sioux is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,030 ft315 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
1,040 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,020 ft310 m
Town center
USGS map point for Little Sioux
1,040 ft315 m
Airport (TQE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.7 mi west of the city limits
1,027 ft313 m
Average of all land1,030 ft315 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Little Sioux, Iowa, shaded from 1,020 ft on the west side to 1,040 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Harrison County, Iowa, United States
Population
170 2024 est.
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
453 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.8094° N, 96.0211° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Tekamah Municipal (TQE) 1,027 ft
ZIP codes 1
51545
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Magnolia1,310 ft
  2. Silver Creek Township, Burt County, NE1,250 ft
  3. Moorhead1,160 ft
  4. Pisgah1,060 ft
  5. Tekamah, NE1,050 ft
  6. Herman, NE1,040 ft
  7. Blencoe1,040 ft
  8. River Sioux1,040 ft
  9. Little Sioux1,030 ft
  10. Mondamin1,020 ft
  11. Modale1,010 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,020 ft at 41.8090° N, 96.0374° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.