Mount Vernon, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Vernon, Iowa, shaded from 740 ft on the southwest side to 930 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
930 ft 285 m880 ft 270 m860 ft 260 m810 ft 245 m770 ft 235 m740 ft 225 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 Vernon sits at about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
840 ft 255 m
most residents: 810–890 ft
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the southwest side
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the northwest side
Average
820 ft 250 m
all land inside city limits

Mount Vernon spans about 190 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
840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
740 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mount Vernon
880 ft270 m
Airport (CID)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi west of the city limits
869 ft265 m
Average of all land820 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Vernon, Iowa, shaded from 740 ft on the southwest side to 930 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Linn County, Iowa, United States
Population
4,518 2024 est.
Land area
3.7 sq mi
Density
1,210 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.9220° N, 91.4168° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Cedar River → Iowa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
The Eastern Iowa (CID) 869 ft
ZIP codes 1
52314
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Martelle910 ft
  2. Mechanicsville900 ft
  3. Lisbon860 ft
  4. Springville860 ft
  5. Mount Vernon840 ft
  6. Marion840 ft
  7. Shueyville830 ft
  8. Bertram820 ft
  9. Morley800 ft
  10. Solon790 ft
  11. Ely760 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.