Oelwein, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oelwein, Iowa, shaded from 980 ft on the south side to 1,140 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,140 ft 350 m1,100 ft 335 m1,080 ft 330 m1,040 ft 320 m1,000 ft 305 m980 ft 300 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
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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

Oelwein sits at about 1,070 ft (325 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,070 ft 325 m
most residents: 1,020–1,110 ft
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the south side
Highest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the east side
Average
1,050 ft 320 m
all land inside city limits

Oelwein spans about 160 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
1,070 ft325 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,140 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
980 ft300 m
Town center
USGS map point for Oelwein
1,040 ft315 m
Airport (OLZ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.8 mi west of the city limits
1,076 ft328 m
Average of all land1,050 ft320 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oelwein, Iowa, shaded from 980 ft on the south side to 1,140 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Fayette County, Iowa, United States
Population
5,788 2024 est.
Land area
4.8 sq mi
Density
1,202 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.6733° N, 91.9135° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wapsipinicon River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Oelwein Municipal (OLZ) 1,076 ft
ZIP codes 1
50662
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Arlington1,140 ft
  2. Aurora1,130 ft
  3. Randalia1,110 ft
  4. Stanley1,110 ft
  5. Maynard1,100 ft
  6. Westgate1,090 ft
  7. Oelwein1,070 ft
  8. Fayette1,010 ft
  9. Hazleton1,000 ft
  10. Fairbank990 ft
  11. Independence920 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Corn Hill1,200 ft
  • Bear Hill1,180 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.