Watkins, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watkins, Iowa, shaded from 800 ft on the south side to 860 ft on the north side
Elevation
860 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m840 ft 255 m820 ft 250 m800 ft 245 m800 ft 245 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Watkins sits at about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
820 ft 250 m
most residents: 800–840 ft
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
on the south side
Highest
860 ft 265 m
on the north side
Average
820 ft 250 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Watkins spans about 60 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
820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
860 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
800 ft245 m
Town center
USGS map point for Watkins
830 ft255 m
Airport (CID)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi east of the CDP boundary
869 ft265 m
Average of all land820 ft250 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watkins, Iowa, shaded from 800 ft on the south side to 860 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Benton County, Iowa, United States
Population
116 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
280 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.8911° N, 91.9863° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Cedar River → Iowa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
The Eastern Iowa (CID) 869 ft
ZIP codes 1
52354
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Newhall880 ft
  2. Blairstown850 ft
  3. Watkins820 ft
  4. Norway820 ft
  5. Walford810 ft
  6. High Amana780 ft
  7. South Amana770 ft
  8. West Amana750 ft
  9. Marengo740 ft
  10. Middle Amana740 ft
  11. Amana730 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Watkins is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.