Shannon City, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shannon City, Iowa, shaded from 1,120 ft on the south side to 1,250 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,250 ft 380 m1,220 ft 370 m1,200 ft 365 m1,170 ft 355 m1,140 ft 345 m1,120 ft 340 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
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Elevation Data

Shannon City sits at about 1,210 ft (370 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,210 ft 370 m
most residents: 1,140–1,230 ft
Lowest
1,120 ft 340 m
on the south side
Highest
1,250 ft 380 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,170 ft 355 m
all land inside city limits

Shannon City spans about 130 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
1,210 ft370 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
1,250 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,120 ft340 m
Town center
USGS map point for Shannon City
1,220 ft375 m
Average of all land1,170 ft355 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shannon City, Iowa, shaded from 1,120 ft on the south side to 1,250 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Union and Ringgold counties, Iowa, United States
Population
73 2024 est.
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
177 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9017° N, 94.2633° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Grand River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
50861
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Creston1,300 ft
  2. Arispe1,270 ft
  3. Tingley1,260 ft
  4. Kent1,230 ft
  5. Afton1,220 ft
  6. Ellston1,210 ft
  7. Mount Ayr1,210 ft
  8. Shannon City1,210 ft
  9. Beaconsfield1,200 ft
  10. Diagonal1,160 ft
  11. Sun Valley Lake1,150 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, 1,120 ft at 40.8951° N, 94.2660° 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.