Zwingle, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Zwingle, Iowa, shaded from 880 ft on the southwest side to 970 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
970 ft 295 m940 ft 290 m930 ft 285 m910 ft 280 m890 ft 270 m880 ft 270 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
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

Zwingle sits at about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 285 m
most residents: 910–950 ft
Lowest
880 ft 270 m
on the southwest side
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the southeast side
Average
920 ft 280 m
all land inside city limits

Zwingle 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
940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
880 ft270 m
Town center
USGS map point for Zwingle
890 ft275 m
Airport (DBQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.0 mi north of the city limits
1,076 ft328 m
Average of all land920 ft280 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Zwingle, Iowa, shaded from 880 ft on the southwest side to 970 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Dubuque and Jackson counties, Iowa, United States
Population
86 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
528 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2978° N, 90.6876° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
North Fork Maquoketa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Dubuque Regional (DBQ) 1,076 ft
ZIP codes 1
52079
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Peosta1,050 ft
  2. La Motte950 ft
  3. Zwingle940 ft
  4. Bernard920 ft
  5. Andrew870 ft
  6. Springbrook820 ft
  7. Dubuque800 ft
  8. Dunleith Township, IL730 ft
  9. East Dubuque, IL730 ft
  10. St. Donatus690 ft
  11. Bellevue630 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Goose Rock930 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.