Scott County, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Iowa, shaded from 550 ft on the southwest side to 830 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
830 ft 255 m760 ft 235 m730 ft 220 m660 ft 200 m590 ft 180 m550 ft 170 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Scott County averages about 710 ft (215 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 550 ft on the southwest side to 830 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
710 ft 215 m
all land inside the county
Highest
830 ft 255 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
550 ft 170 m
on the southwest side

Scott County spans about 280 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land710 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
830 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
550 ft170 m

Elevation profile, south to north

17 mi south to north through Davenport.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Iowa, shaded from 550 ft on the southwest side to 830 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Iowa, United States
Population
175,601 2024 est.
Land area
458.1 sq mi + 10.1 sq mi water
Density
383 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cedar County780 ft
  2. Clinton County720 ft
  3. Scott County710 ft
  4. Muscatine County670 ft
  5. Rock Island County, IL670 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Iowa93rd highest of 99
  • Counties in the United States2,009th highest of 3,151
All 21 towns in Scott County by typical elevation
  1. New Liberty800 ft
  2. Blue Grass790 ft
  3. Long Grove790 ft
  4. Eldridge790 ft
  5. Park View780 ft
  6. Argo760 ft
  7. Maysville730 ft
  8. Walcott730 ft
  9. Durant partly720 ft
  10. Big Rock710 ft
  11. Donahue710 ft
  12. Plainview700 ft
  13. Davenport700 ft
  14. Dixon700 ft
  15. Princeton690 ft
  16. Le Claire680 ft
  17. Bettendorf670 ft
  18. Riverdale650 ft
  19. Panorama Park610 ft
  20. McCausland610 ft
  21. Buffalo590 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 350 ft at 41.6101° N, 90.3535° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.