Enter your search query in the box below.

Carbon Iowa Map

Explore Carbon, 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 Carbon, Iowa

How to Use This Carbon, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Carbon, 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 Carbon.

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	Carbon
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Adams County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.04975
Longitude	-94.824575
Population	36
Density	18.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	50839, 52537, 50841
Area Code	712, 319
County Seat	Corning
School District	Corning Community School District

🌦 Goto Carbon Weather Page: Carbon, Iowa — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Carbon, Iowa

Carbon is a locality in Adams County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 36. The population density is 18.5 people per km². Carbon is located at 41.0498°N, 94.8246°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carbon is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 50839, 52537, 50841.

Carbon emerges from the vast, dark loam of the prairie, defined by the quiet persistence of Bull Creek as it carves a slow path through the valley floor. It lies 55.9 miles east-southeast of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 105°T), and is situated 24.1 miles west of Creston. The landscape surrounding Carbon consists of expansive, tilled fields that stretch toward the horizon, where the light of late afternoon catches the stubble of harvested crops, turning the earth into a mosaic of deep umber and bronze. Only a few miles away, the quiet waters of Lake Icaria reflect the expansive Iowa sky, offering a stillness that seems to permeate the very air of the surrounding plains. The terrain remains largely open, broken only by the occasional stand of hardwood trees that follow the winding course of the water, their leaves shivering in the constant, restless wind that sweeps across the interior.

Carbon retains the quiet character of its founding, when the promise of coal and the fertility of the soil drew settlers to these plains to organize a life built upon the rhythms of the seasons. The local economy remains anchored to the productivity of the land, with the steady labor of agriculture dictating the pace of the calendar. Residents often traverse the short distance to Lake Icaria State Park for a respite from the exertion of the fields, finding a sense of scale in the contrast between the managed rows of corn and the unhurried nature of the water. Life in Carbon unfolds with a measured, literate civility, where the weight of history is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring, patient stewardship of the ground that has sustained its people for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Icaria State Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 090° E
Talty Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 075° E
Lake Icaria Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 082° E
Adams County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 132° SE
Hoskinson Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 108° E
Hacklebarney Woods (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 240° SW
Viking Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 244° SW
Kline Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 099° E
Olson/Linn Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 224° SW
Ethel Woodside Prairie (State Recreation Area) — 14.3 mi, 054° NE
Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 15.2 mi, 252° W
Adair Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 034° NE
Cass County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 308° NW
Montgomery County Historical Center (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 266° W
The Restored Burlington Northern Depot & World War II Memorial Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 261° W
Green Valley State Park (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 079° E
Union County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 091° E
Page County War Memorial (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 207° SW
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 207° SW
Tree on the road (Attraction) — 31.4 mi, 359° N
Tree in the Road (Attraction) — 31.4 mi, 359° N
Treynor High School Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 42.6 mi, 287° W
Reasoner School (Historic Ruins) — 45.6 mi, 268° W
John Wayne (Public Artwork) — 46.5 mi, 065° NE
Sinister Sidney (Attraction) — 47.2 mi, 244° SW
Davies Amphitheater (Theatre) — 47.4 mi, 270° W
The Rose Theatre (Theatre) — 48.6 mi, 183° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.3 mi, 163° S · 3,906 acres
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.7 mi, 294° NW · 7,936 acres

Latest News: Carbon

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News