Pleasant Plain, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pleasant Plain, Iowa, shaded from 710 ft on the south side to 760 ft near the middle
Elevation
760 ft 230 m750 ft 225 m740 ft 225 m730 ft 220 m720 ft 220 m710 ft 215 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pleasant Plain sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
740 ft 225 m
most residents: 740–760 ft
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the south side
Highest
760 ft 230 m
near the middle
Average
740 ft 225 m
all land inside city limits

Pleasant Plain spans about 50 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
740 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
760 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
710 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pleasant Plain
760 ft230 m
Airport (FFL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.2 mi southwest of the city limits
801 ft244 m
Average of all land740 ft225 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pleasant Plain, Iowa, shaded from 710 ft on the south side to 760 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States
Population
83 2024 est.
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
82 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1472° N, 91.8591° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Fairfield Municipal (FFL) 801 ft
ZIP codes 1
52540
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Packwood810 ft
  2. Maharishi Vedic City790 ft
  3. Ollie780 ft
  4. Richland770 ft
  5. Fairfield770 ft
  6. Pleasant Plain740 ft
  7. Brighton740 ft
  8. Wayland730 ft
  9. Trenton730 ft
  10. Lockridge720 ft
  11. Coppock650 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).
  • 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, 710 ft at 41.1401° N, 91.8551° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.