Lost Nation, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lost Nation, Iowa, shaded from 710 ft on the southwest side to 820 ft on the north side
Elevation
820 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m780 ft 235 m750 ft 230 m720 ft 220 m710 ft 215 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
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

Lost Nation sits at about 750 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
750 ft 225 m
most residents: 730–760 ft
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the southwest side
Highest
820 ft 250 m
on the north side
Average
750 ft 225 m
all land inside city limits

Lost Nation spans about 110 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
750 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
820 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
710 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lost Nation
750 ft230 m
Airport (OQW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.4 mi northeast of the city limits
774 ft236 m
Average of all land750 ft225 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lost Nation, Iowa, shaded from 710 ft on the southwest side to 820 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Clinton County, Iowa, United States
Population
425 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
562 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.9639° N, 90.8176° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wapsipinicon River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Maquoketa Municipal (OQW) 774 ft
ZIP codes 1
52254
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Delmar820 ft
  2. Wyoming820 ft
  3. Monmouth750 ft
  4. Lost Nation750 ft
  5. Lowden740 ft
  6. Oxford Junction730 ft
  7. Baldwin730 ft
  8. Toronto720 ft
  9. Maquoketa710 ft
  10. Wheatland700 ft
  11. Calamus700 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Goose Rock930 ft
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.