Saylorville, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saylorville, Iowa, shaded from 790 ft on the southwest side to 970 ft on the east side
Elevation
970 ft 295 m930 ft 285 m910 ft 275 m860 ft 260 m820 ft 250 m790 ft 240 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Saylorville sits at about 910 ft (280 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
910 ft 280 m
most residents: 870–940 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the southwest side
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the east side
Average
880 ft 270 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Saylorville spans about 180 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
910 ft280 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
790 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Saylorville
890 ft270 m
Airport (DSM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.6 mi south of the CDP boundary
958 ft292 m
Average of all land880 ft270 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saylorville, Iowa, shaded from 790 ft on the southwest side to 970 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Polk County, Iowa, United States
Population
3,584 2020 Census
Land area
6.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
528 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6786° N, 93.6297° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Des Moines River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Des Moines International (DSM) 958 ft
ZIP codes 3
50021 50023 50313
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ankeny950 ft
  2. Grimes950 ft
  3. Urbandale940 ft
  4. West Des Moines940 ft
  5. Clive930 ft
  6. Polk City930 ft
  7. Saylorville910 ft
  8. Johnston900 ft
  9. Des Moines890 ft
  10. Pleasant Hill890 ft
  11. Windsor Heights880 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
  • Saylorville 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.