Plainview, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainview, Iowa, shaded from 660 ft on the northwest side to 740 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
740 ft 225 m720 ft 220 m710 ft 220 m690 ft 210 m670 ft 205 m660 ft 200 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Plainview sits at about 700 ft (215 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
700 ft 215 m
few residents
Lowest
660 ft 200 m
on the northwest side
Highest
740 ft 225 m
on the southeast side
Average
700 ft 215 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Plainview spans about 80 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
700 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
740 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
660 ft200 m
Town center
USGS map point for Plainview
730 ft220 m
Average of all land700 ft215 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainview, Iowa, shaded from 660 ft on the northwest side to 740 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Scott County, Iowa, United States
Population
19 2020 Census
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
34 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6684° N, 90.7826° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wapsipinicon River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
52773
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. New Liberty800 ft
  2. Long Grove790 ft
  3. Eldridge790 ft
  4. Maysville730 ft
  5. Walcott730 ft
  6. Stockton720 ft
  7. Durant720 ft
  8. Big Rock710 ft
  9. Donahue710 ft
  10. Plainview700 ft
  11. Dixon700 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.
  • Plainview 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.