Palmer, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,260 ft 385 m1,250 ft 380 m1,250 ft 380 m1,240 ft 380 m1,230 ft 375 m1,230 ft 375 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.
Click or tap anywhere: 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

Palmer sits at about 1,240 ft (380 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,240 ft 380 m

nearly all residents at this height

Lowest

1,230 ft 375 m

on the south side

Highest

1,250 ft 380 m

near the middle

Average

1,240 ft 375 m

all land inside city limits

Palmer is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,240 ft380 m
Highest point Inside city limits, near the middle	1,250 ft380 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the south side	1,230 ft375 m
Town center USGS map point for Palmer	1,240 ft380 m
Airport (POH) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.7 mi north of the city limits	1,226 ft374 m
Average of all land	1,240 ft375 m

Topographic Map

Location: City in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States
Population: 137 2024 est.
Land area: 0.4 sq mi
Density: 324 per sq mi
Coordinates: 42.6305° N, 94.6005° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Des Moines River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport: Pocahontas Municipal (POH) 1,226 ft
ZIP codes 1: 50571

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Palmer1,240 ft
Pomeroy1,240 ft
Manson1,230 ft
Pocahontas1,230 ft
Gilmore City1,230 ft
Jolley1,230 ft
Fonda1,220 ft
Twin Lakes1,220 ft
Clare1,210 ft
Rolfe1,180 ft
Knierim1,170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Iowa182nd highest of 1,026
Towns in Pocahontas County3rd highest of 8

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.