Muscatine County, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Muscatine County, Iowa, shaded from 520 ft on the north side to 840 ft on the east side
Elevation
840 ft 255 m760 ft 230 m720 ft 220 m640 ft 195 m560 ft 170 m520 ft 160 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Muscatine County averages about 670 ft (205 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 520 ft on the north side to 840 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
670 ft 205 m
all land inside the county
Highest
840 ft 255 m
on the east side
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
on the north side

Muscatine County spans about 320 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land670 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
840 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
520 ft160 m

Elevation profile, west to east

23 mi west to east through Muscatine.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Muscatine County, Iowa, shaded from 520 ft on the north side to 840 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Iowa, United States
Population
42,132 2024 est.
Land area
437.4 sq mi + 11.7 sq mi water
Density
96 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cedar County780 ft
  2. Johnson County740 ft
  3. Scott County710 ft
  4. Muscatine County670 ft
  5. Rock Island County, IL670 ft
  6. Louisa County640 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Iowa97th highest of 99
  • Counties in the United States2,089th highest of 3,151
All 14 towns in Muscatine County by typical elevation
  1. Blue Grass partly790 ft
  2. Fairport730 ft
  3. Stockton720 ft
  4. Durant partly720 ft
  5. Wilton700 ft
  6. Kent Estates680 ft
  7. West Liberty680 ft
  8. Atalissa660 ft
  9. Moscow650 ft
  10. Muscatine640 ft
  11. Nichols630 ft
  12. Conesville610 ft
  13. Montpelier590 ft
  14. Fruitland550 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 510 ft at 41.5754° N, 91.1129° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.