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Fenton Iowa Map

Explore Fenton, 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 Fenton, Iowa

How to Use This Fenton, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.219685
Longitude	-94.430528
Population	271
Density	317.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50539
Area Code	319
County Seat	Algona
School District	North Union Community School District

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About Fenton, Iowa

Fenton is a locality in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 271. The population density is 317.1 people per km². Fenton is located at 43.2197°N, 94.4305°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fenton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50539.

Fenton occupies a quiet expanse of the northern Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and flat under a sky that seems to press down with the weight of harvest time. It lies 36.4 miles east of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 81°T), and is situated 14.4 miles northwest of Algona. Lotts Creek meanders past the periphery, its narrow, dark channel cutting through fields that hold the deep, crumbly black soil characteristic of the region. A mile away, the landscape finds a small pocket of wilder growth at Rath ROW, a local conservation area where tall grasses lean into the wind and the air carries the dry, earthy scent of turned furrows. During the late afternoons, the light turns a bruised gold, highlighting the stalks of corn and soybeans that dominate the view in every direction until the earth meets the sky in a clean, sharp line.

Fenton maintains the steady, unshowy pulse of a place built upon the labor of the plow and the persistence of its early settlers. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, defined by the cycle of planting and the heavy mechanical hum of the autumn harvest. While the pace of life here is measured by the growth of crops rather than the rush of industry, there is a grounded, literate civility to the way neighbors tend to their properties and manage the land. Those who wander further afield might travel fourteen miles to reach Smith Pool, but for the residents of Fenton, the true character of the locality is found in the stillness of the surrounding plains and the quiet endurance of a life shaped by the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rath ROW (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 089° E
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 090° E
Seneca Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 001° N
Sportsmans Recreation Area (Local Park) — 8.7 mi, 222° SW
Kossuth County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.4 mi, 081° E
East Des Moines River Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 352° N
Cylinder Heritage Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 214° SW
Ingham-High Wetland Complex (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 283° W
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 11.9 mi, 249° W
In the Park (Public Artwork) — 13.0 mi, 029° NE
Emmet County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.2 mi, 292° W
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.2 mi, 092° E · 5,668 acres
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 238° SW
West Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 248° W
Camp Algona POW Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 137° SE
Victorian Museum on Main (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 239° SW
Palo Alto County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 239° SW
Kossuth County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 137° SE
Ambrose A. Call State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 142° SE
Robert Emmet Statue (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 239° SW
MIA-POW Display (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 086° E
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 21.2 mi, 009° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.5 mi, 129° SE · 12k acres
Estherville Meteorite Sculpture (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 302° NW
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 301° NW
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 27.5 mi, 306° NW
Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 29.9 mi, 357° N
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 36.8 mi, 289° W
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 36.9 mi, 282° W
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 37.1 mi, 289° W

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