Patterson Iowa Map

About Patterson, Iowa

Patterson is a locality in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 176. The population density is 150.7 people per km². Patterson is located at 41.3484°N, 93.8776°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Patterson is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 52601, 50218.

Patterson emerges from the flat, earnest horizon of the Iowa plains where the earth holds the weight of long summers and the quiet persistence of tilled soil. It lies 4.9 miles south-southwest of Burlington, IA (from Burlington, IA: bearing 197°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south of West Burlington. Spring Creek carves a meditative path through the landscape, its slow, dark water tracing the edges of the Blackhawk Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, where the land remains reclaimed by native grasses and thickets. Patterson Lake mirrors the expansive, pale sky, reflecting the transition of light as it shifts from the sharp clarity of noon to the long, violet shadows of dusk. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into subtle, sweeping swells that draw the eye toward the distant silhouette of Gittings Mound, a lonely sentinel against the vast Midwestern expanse.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Patterson, grounding the daily rhythm in the seasonal cycles of planting and the heavy, golden harvest of corn and soybeans. The economy here remains tethered to the health of the soil and the stewardship of the Blackhawk Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, which protects the integrity of the local ecosystem. Men and women carry on a tradition of quiet, unshowy labor, their lives shaped by the same pragmatic endurance that defined the settlers who first turned this prairie sod. In the stillness of the afternoon, one might catch the scent of damp earth and drying stalks, a reminder that the character of Patterson is measured not by the velocity of progress, but by the steady, literate civility of those who cultivate the land and honor the quietude of Mooney Pocket, four miles distant, where the wind seems to settle and hold its breath.

About This Patterson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Patterson, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.348429, -93.877594. 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 Patterson includes the ZIP code (52601, 50218), telephone area code (712, 515), county seat of Des Moines County (Burlington), and school district assignment (Winterset 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.