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Kiron Iowa Map

Explore Kiron, 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 Kiron, Iowa

How to Use This Kiron, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.195542
Longitude	-95.327774
Population	267
Density	510.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51448
Area Code	563
County Seat	Denison
School District	Denison Community School District

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About Kiron, Iowa

Kiron is a locality in Crawford County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 267. The population density is 510.3 people per km². Kiron is located at 42.1955°N, 95.3278°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kiron is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51448.

Kiron occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains where the horizon stretches wide and unburdened under a sky that seems to press closer to the earth at dusk. It lies 25.3 miles west-northwest of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 291°T), and is situated 12.4 miles north of Denison. East Otter Creek carves a shallow, deliberate path through the landscape, its waters moving with a steady, quiet gravity that anchors the surrounding fields. The land holds a particular stillness, a vast geometry of tilled soil where the light shifts from gold to a bruised violet across the soybean and corn rows. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises into the subtle, persistent undulations of the Loess Hills to the west, while the distant rise of Battle Hill marks the edge of the regional view. Four miles away, the Newcom Dale Riggleman Natural Resource Area offers a pocket of wilder ground, a reprieve of native grasses that hum with the solitary industry of insects and wind.

Settlers of Scandinavian descent first broke this soil, leaving a legacy of sturdy, utilitarian craftsmanship that still defines the character of Kiron today. The local economy remains tied to the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture, a life organized by the turning of the earth and the reliable shipment of grain. There is a lean, literate civility here, a sense that the residents prefer the quiet competence of a well-tended machine or a clean row of crops over the clamor of the outside world. While the nearest water of any scale is the distant Grell Pond, the people of Kiron find their rhythm in the smaller, closer movements of the creek and the changing colors of the seasons. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not in grand events, but in the steady, rhythmic persistence of a life lived in harmony with the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Newcom Dale Riggleman Natural Resource Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 148° SE
Otter Creek Nature Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 181° S
The Maples (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 040° NE
Goodrich Timber (Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 188° S
Odebolt Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 024° NE
Schrader Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 123° SE
Yellow Smoke (Local Park) — 11.1 mi, 180° S
Moorehead Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 324° NW
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 12.4 mi, 186° S
War Memorial (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 125° SE
Black Hawk Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 071° E
Bald Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 064° NE
Sac County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 15.7 mi, 073° E
Black Hawk State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 063° NE
Lake View Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 061° NE
Chief Black Hawk Statue (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 062° NE
White Horse Access (State Recreation Area) — 22.5 mi, 073° E
State Theatre (Cinema) — 23.1 mi, 331° NW
Memorial Statue (Public Artwork) — 23.4 mi, 048° NE
Hausbarn (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 145° SE
Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 25.2 mi, 111° E
Dunham Barn (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 214° SW
McClean Museum (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 211° SW
Dougal House (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 211° SW
Farmstead Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 113° SE
Inkpaduta Historical Marker (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 278° W
Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 31.0 mi, 272° W
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 31.2 mi, 011° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.2 mi, 355° N · 12k acres
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.9 mi, 217° SW · 16k acres

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