Mount Sterling, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Sterling, Iowa, shaded from 640 ft on the west side to 730 ft on the north side
Elevation
730 ft 225 m710 ft 215 m700 ft 215 m670 ft 205 m650 ft 200 m640 ft 195 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mount Sterling sits at about 650 ft (200 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
650 ft 200 m
few residents
Lowest
640 ft 195 m
on the west side
Highest
730 ft 225 m
on the north side
Average
670 ft 205 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Mount Sterling spans about 90 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
650 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
730 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
640 ft195 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mount Sterling
670 ft205 m
Average of all land670 ft205 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Sterling, Iowa, shaded from 640 ft on the west side to 730 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Van Buren County, Iowa, United States
Population
33 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
105 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.6178° N, 91.9321° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Fox River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
52573
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Milton800 ft
  2. Cantril770 ft
  3. Granger, MO760 ft
  4. Wyaconda, MO750 ft
  5. Luray, MO720 ft
  6. Medill, MO700 ft
  7. Arbela, MO670 ft
  8. Mount Sterling650 ft
  9. Keosauqua620 ft
  10. Bonaparte560 ft
  11. Farmington560 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Mount Sterling is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.