Spirit Lake, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Spirit Lake, Iowa, shaded from 1,400 ft on the north side to 1,490 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,490 ft 455 m1,470 ft 450 m1,460 ft 445 m1,430 ft 435 m1,410 ft 430 m1,400 ft 425 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

Spirit Lake sits at about 1,450 ft (445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,450 ft 445 m
most residents: 1,430–1,470 ft
Lowest
1,400 ft 425 m
on the north side
Highest
1,490 ft 455 m
on the west side
Average
1,450 ft 440 m
all land inside city limits

Spirit Lake spans about 90 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
1,450 ft445 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,490 ft455 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,400 ft425 m
Town center
USGS map point for Spirit Lake
1,470 ft450 m
Airport (0F3)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.7 mi southwest of the city limits
1,434 ft437 m
Average of all land1,450 ft440 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Spirit Lake, Iowa, shaded from 1,400 ft on the north side to 1,490 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States
Population
5,548 2024 est.
Land area
4.5 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
1,230 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.4222° N, 95.1022° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Little Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Spirit Lake Municipal (0F3) 1,434 ft
ZIP codes 1
51360
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Superior1,500 ft
  2. Spirit Lake1,450 ft
  3. Milford1,430 ft
  4. West Okoboji1,430 ft
  5. Okoboji1,430 ft
  6. Terril1,430 ft
  7. Arnolds Park1,430 ft
  8. Wahpeton1,420 ft
  9. Orleans1,420 ft
  10. Minneota Township, MN1,420 ft
  11. Middletown Township, MN1,400 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).
  • 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.