Zearing, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Zearing, Iowa, shaded from 1,030 ft on the southeast side to 1,100 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m1,080 ft 330 m1,070 ft 325 m1,050 ft 320 m1,040 ft 315 m1,030 ft 315 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.
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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

Zearing sits at about 1,070 ft (325 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,070 ft 325 m
most residents: 1,040–1,090 ft
Lowest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,100 ft 335 m
on the north side
Average
1,060 ft 325 m
all land inside city limits

Zearing 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
1,070 ft325 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,100 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,030 ft315 m
Town center
USGS map point for Zearing
1,060 ft325 m
Average of all land1,060 ft325 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Zearing, Iowa, shaded from 1,030 ft on the southeast side to 1,100 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Story County, Iowa, United States
Population
508 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
678 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1611° N, 93.2972° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Iowa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
50278
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Garden City1,200 ft
  2. New Providence1,100 ft
  3. Hubbard1,090 ft
  4. McCallsburg1,090 ft
  5. Zearing1,070 ft
  6. State Center1,070 ft
  7. Colo1,030 ft
  8. Roland1,030 ft
  9. St. Anthony1,010 ft
  10. Nevada1,000 ft
  11. Clemons960 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, 1,030 ft at 42.1590° N, 93.2921° 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.