Mount Ayr, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Ayr, Iowa, shaded from 1,120 ft on the southwest side to 1,240 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,240 ft 375 m1,210 ft 370 m1,190 ft 365 m1,160 ft 355 m1,140 ft 345 m1,120 ft 340 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

Mount Ayr sits at about 1,210 ft (370 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,210 ft 370 m
most residents: 1,190–1,230 ft
Lowest
1,120 ft 340 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,240 ft 375 m
near the middle
Average
1,200 ft 365 m
all land inside city limits

Mount Ayr spans about 120 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
1,210 ft370 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1,240 ft375 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,120 ft340 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mount Ayr
1,220 ft370 m
Average of all land1,200 ft365 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Ayr, Iowa, shaded from 1,120 ft on the southwest side to 1,240 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Ringgold County, Iowa, United States
Population
1,616 2024 est.
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
599 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7147° N, 94.2352° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Middle Fork Grand River → Grand River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
50854
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tingley1,260 ft
  2. Ellston1,210 ft
  3. Mount Ayr1,210 ft
  4. Shannon City1,210 ft
  5. Beaconsfield1,200 ft
  6. Kellerton1,200 ft
  7. Diagonal1,160 ft
  8. Redding1,140 ft
  9. Delphos1,120 ft
  10. Maloy1,110 ft
  11. Benton1,070 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.