Shell Rock, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shell Rock, Iowa, shaded from 890 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
960 ft 290 m940 ft 285 m930 ft 285 m920 ft 280 m900 ft 275 m890 ft 270 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Shell Rock 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: 900–930 ft
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the southeast side
Highest
960 ft 290 m
on the southwest side
Average
910 ft 275 m
all land inside city limits

Shell Rock spans about 70 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 city limits, on the southwest side
960 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
890 ft270 m
Town center
USGS map point for Shell Rock
910 ft280 m
Airport (ALO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi southeast of the city limits
873 ft266 m
Average of all land910 ft275 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shell Rock, Iowa, shaded from 890 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Butler County, Iowa, United States
Population
1,265 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
790 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.7103° N, 92.5830° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Cedar River → Iowa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Waterloo Regional (ALO) 873 ft
ZIP codes 1
50670
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Allison1,050 ft
  2. Stout1,020 ft
  3. Parkersburg980 ft
  4. Denver980 ft
  5. Plainfield940 ft
  6. Waverly940 ft
  7. Clarksville940 ft
  8. Cedar Falls920 ft
  9. Shell Rock910 ft
  10. Janesville900 ft
  11. New Hartford890 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Fort Sumter Rock1,040 ft
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).
  • 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.