Rathbun, IA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
960 ft 295 m940 ft 285 m920 ft 280 m900 ft 275 m870 ft 265 m860 ft 260 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Rathbun sits at about 880 ft (270 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
880 ft 270 m
few residents
Lowest
860 ft 260 m
on the southeast side
Highest
960 ft 295 m
on the northwest side
Average
890 ft 270 m
all land inside city limits
Rathbun spans about 100 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 880 ft270 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 960 ft295 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 860 ft260 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Rathbun | 940 ft285 m |
| Airport (TVK) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi south of the city limits | 1,023 ft312 m |
| Average of all land | 890 ft270 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.5 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States
- Population
- 44 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 200 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.8011° N, 92.8888° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Chariton River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Centerville Municipal (TVK) 1,023 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 52544
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Numa1,030 ft
- Plano1,030 ft
- Cincinnati1,030 ft
- Exline1,010 ft
- Moravia1,000 ft
- Udell990 ft
- Centerville990 ft
- Moulton990 ft
- Mystic960 ft
- Unionville940 ft
- Rathbun880 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Iowa742nd highest of 1,026
- Towns in Appanoose Countylowest of 11
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; 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 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, 850 ft at 40.7990° N, 92.8838° 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.