Badger Iowa Map
Explore Badger, 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 Badger, Iowa
How to Use This Badger, Iowa Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Badger, 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 Badger.
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 | Badger |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Webster County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.614415 |
| Longitude | -94.14607 |
| Population | 522 |
| Density | 179.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 50516 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| County Seat | Fort Dodge |
| School District | Fort Dodge Community School District |
About Badger, Iowa
Badger is a locality in Webster County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 522. The population density is 179.2 people per km². Badger is located at 42.6144°N, 94.1461°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Badger is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50516.Badger occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of immense, shifting sky. It lies 8.2 miles north of Fort Dodge, IA (from Fort Dodge, IA: bearing 8°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-southeast of Humboldt. The landscape surrounding Badger is defined by the rigorous geometry of agriculture, where vast fields of soybean and corn meet the sky in a relentless, flat horizon. A mile away, the quiet flow of Badger Creek cuts a narrow, verdant vein through the dark, nutrient-rich soil, providing a subtle contrast to the orderly tilled land that defines the region. Within the town itself, Knudsen Park offers a modest clearing of green space, a place where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a landscape committed to the seasons.
Settlers of Scandinavian and German descent shaped the character of Badger, leaving a legacy of sturdy, utilitarian architecture and a reserved, pragmatic temperament that still informs the local pace of life. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a rhythm that dictates the activity of the grain elevators and the movement of trucks along the rural roads. Those seeking a longer path for reflection might travel eight miles to reach the Three Rivers Trail, though many residents find enough solace in the stillness of the nearby Badger Lake at dusk, when the water turns the color of hammered lead. The air here holds a distinct clarity, particularly in the autumn, when the labor of the fields concludes and the town settles into a quiet, literate civility that values the weight of a day’s work over the clamor of the outside world.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Knudsen Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 090° E
- Kennedy Memorial Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 223° SW
- Harlan Rogers Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 199° S
- Miller Marsh (Local Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 089° E
- Becker Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 210° SW
- Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 7.3 mi, 195° S
- Dakota City Access (State Recreation Area) — 7.4 mi, 343° N
- Curious Kids' Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 186° S
- Humboldt County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 343° N
- Blanden Memorial Art Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 194° S
- Freedom Rock (Public Artwork) — 8.5 mi, 202° S
- Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 055° NE
- Lizard Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 212° SW
- Eagle Grove War Memorial (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 075° E
- Brushy Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.3 mi, 154° SE
- Dolliver Memorial State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 168° S
- Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 167° S
- Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 169° S
- 4-h Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 069° E
- Gowrie Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 198° S
- Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 25.8 mi, 250° W
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.9 mi, 005° N · 12k acres
- "twister Hill" (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 163° S
- Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 33.0 mi, 085° E
- Founders Rock (Monument) — 35.6 mi, 162° S
- Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 35.9 mi, 162° S
- Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 38.4 mi, 232° SW
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 161° S
- Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 45.4 mi, 326° NW
- North Grand Cinema (Cinema) — 47.4 mi, 145° SE
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About This Badger Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Badger, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.614415, -94.14607. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Badger includes the ZIP code (50516), telephone area code (319), county seat of Webster County (Fort Dodge), and school district assignment (Fort Dodge Community School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
