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Agency Iowa Map

Explore Agency, Iowa, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Agency, Iowa

How to Use This Agency, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Agency, Iowa. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Iowa or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Agency.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Agency
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Wapello County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.995016
Longitude	-92.306849
Population	620
Density	422.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52530
Area Code	712
County Seat	Ottumwa
School District	Cardinal Community School District

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About Agency, Iowa

Agency is a locality in Wapello County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 620. The population density is 422.9 people per km². Agency is located at 40.9950°N, 92.3068°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Agency is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52530.

Agency unfolds across a landscape where the horizon is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of tilled fields, stretching out in a sea of soybean and corn that catches the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 5.7 miles east-southeast of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 108°T), and is situated 18.0 miles west of Fairfield. A mile away, the quiet passage of Coon Creek cuts through the silt, its banks marked by the resilient growth of native hardwoods that break the monotony of the open prairie. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and the deep, pervasive silence of the plains, a stillness that seems to expand as the shadows lengthen across the dust of the gravel roads. Only two miles distant, the Fox Hills Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tallgrass and timber, where the landscape retains a fragment of the wilder, unplowed character of the region before the grid was imposed.

Agency owes its origins to the shifting tides of frontier expansion, serving as a point of intersection where the patterns of settlement left behind a legacy of pragmatic endurance. The local economy remains tethered to the vitality of the soil, with the daily life of the residents organized around the seasonal demands of agriculture and the maintenance of a quiet, unshowy civility. While the bustle of larger centers remains a distant thought, the proximity of Lake Wapello, eighteen miles to the south, provides a focal point for those seeking the reflection of the sky in still water. The character of the place is found in this deliberate, measured pace, where history is not a spectacle but a quiet continuity maintained by those who recognize the value of a well-tended row and the steady, predictable turning of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fox Hills Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 179° S
Garrison Rock Resource Management Unit (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 255° W
Cliffland Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 216° SW
Gray Eagle Wildlife Reserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 270° W
Saint John Auditorium (Theatre) — 5.8 mi, 307° NW
Iowa Heartland History Connection (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 286° W
Steam locomotive (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 286° W
Greater Ottumwa Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 281° W
Wildwood Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 274° W
Eldon Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 163° S
Ottumwa Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 7.8 mi, 316° NW
Selma Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 143° SE
Airpower Museum Library (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 267° W
Curtis King (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 303° NW
Gone West Memorial (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 266° W
The Art House (Public Artwork) — 17.6 mi, 089° E
Dalby Hall (Rich and Gail Dalby Meeting Hall) (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 085° E
Davis County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 198° S
Lake Wapello State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 228° SW
Dumonts' Museum of Dreamworld Collectibles (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 014° N
Lake Darling State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 056° NE
Monroe County Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 275° W
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 39.4 mi, 093° E
Bessie's Barn (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 244° SW
Cox-Snow Music Center (Arts Centre) — 42.5 mi, 311° NW
Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 42.5 mi, 312° NW
Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (Stadium) — 43.0 mi, 311° NW
Van Wyk Winery (Historic Castle / Fort) — 49.0 mi, 325° NW
Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 54.9 mi, 334° NW
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.8 mi, 009° N · 24k acres

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