Mallard Iowa Map

About Mallard, Iowa

Mallard is a locality in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 257. The population density is 253.1 people per km². Mallard is located at 42.9364°N, 94.6822°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mallard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50562.

Mallard exists as a quiet archipelago of human industry amidst an endless, rhythmic sea of corn and soybeans. It lies 27.3 miles east-southeast of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 121°T), and is situated 12.2 miles south of Emmetsburg. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, punctuated only by the occasional silo or a cluster of wind-bent trees that lean against the persistent prairie breeze. Beaver Creek cuts a modest, winding path through the soil just one mile away, its presence marked by a slight deepening of the green along its banks and the sudden appearance of willows. Four miles out, the grounds of Meredith Park offer a respite of unmanicured grass and thicket, a place where the stillness of the landscape feels particularly heavy and intentional. When the sun begins to sink, the light flattens against the tilled earth, turning the dark, loamy soil into a bruised purple that seems to absorb the very heat of the day.

Mallard carries the quiet weight of a settler’s ambition, its streets laid out with a geometric precision that mirrors the orderly rows of the surrounding fields. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a stubborn and essential rhythm that dictates the pace of life from the early spring planting to the final, frantic gathering of the autumn crop. While the quietude might suggest a place suspended in time, there is a literate, sturdy civility here, inherited from the generations who broke this heavy prairie sod. Nine miles distant, the waters of Rush Lake provide a rare, reflective break in the topography, holding the sky in a way that makes the earth feel momentarily less solid. Life in Mallard persists with an unshowy resilience, defined not by grand monuments, but by the steady maintenance of fences, the slow growth of crops, and the enduring patience of those who watch the seasons turn.

About This Mallard Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mallard, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.936359, -94.682202. 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 Mallard includes the ZIP code (50562), telephone area code (319), county seat of Palo Alto County (Emmetsburg), and school district assignment (West Bend-Mallard Community School District).

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.