Wadena, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wadena, Iowa, shaded from 850 ft on the southeast side to 1,110 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,110 ft 340 m1,050 ft 320 m1,010 ft 310 m950 ft 290 m880 ft 270 m850 ft 260 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
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Wadena sits at about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
870 ft 265 m
most residents: 870–890 ft
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,110 ft 340 m
on the northwest side
Average
900 ft 275 m
all land inside city limits

Wadena spans about 260 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
870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
1,110 ft340 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
850 ft260 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wadena
890 ft270 m
Average of all land900 ft275 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wadena, Iowa, shaded from 850 ft on the southeast side to 1,110 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Fayette County, Iowa, United States
Population
201 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
267 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.8428° N, 91.6568° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Volga River → Turkey River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
52169
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Strawberry Point1,190 ft
  2. West Union1,170 ft
  3. Arlington1,140 ft
  4. Randalia1,110 ft
  5. Maynard1,100 ft
  6. Fayette1,010 ft
  7. Wadena870 ft
  8. Clermont860 ft
  9. Elgin830 ft
  10. Volga820 ft
  11. Elkader770 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Corn Hill1,200 ft
  • Bear Hill1,180 ft
  • Chicken Ridge1,180 ft
  • Pilot Knob, Clayton County1,080 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.