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Scarville Iowa Map

Explore Scarville, 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 Scarville, Iowa

How to Use This Scarville, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.47051
Longitude	-93.617717
Population	74
Density	199.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50473
Area Code	515
County Seat	Forest City
School District	Lake Mills Community School District

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About Scarville, Iowa

Scarville is a locality in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 74. The population density is 199.8 people per km². Scarville is located at 43.4705°N, 93.6177°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Scarville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50473.

Scarville manifests as a quiet intersection of grid-lines where the earth yields to an expansive, geometric patience. It lies 30.3 miles northwest of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 316°T), and is situated 5.5 miles northwest of Lake Mills. The horizon here is an unending line of dark, fertile soil, broken only by the vertical reach of grain elevators and the occasional stand of wind-bent trees that trace the path of Lime Creek two miles to the west. At dusk, the light in Scarville thins into a pale, bruised violet, settling over the Harmon Lake Wildlife Management Area with a stillness that suggests the land is holding its breath. The terrain remains largely indifferent to the sky, a flat expanse of prairie that feels ancient and heavy, though the distant, hazy silhouette of Pilot Knob provides a singular, grounded anchor fifteen miles away for eyes tired of the infinite corn rows.

Scarville carries the quiet weight of Scandinavian settlement, a heritage that lingers in the stolid architecture and the reserved, industrious character of the local economy. Agriculture remains the primary pulse, with the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictating the tempo of life for those who work the soybean and corn fields surrounding the settlement. The proximity of Harmon Lake, only four miles distant, offers a modest sanctuary for the local community, serving as a rare, localized basin in the wider, agricultural monotony. Despite the isolation, there is a literate, unshowy civility here, a sense that Scarville exists not as a destination, but as a persistent, steady point of human endeavor held firmly within the vast, indifferent expanse of the Midwestern plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Harmon Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 262° W
Lande River Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 150° SE
Dahle Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 097° E
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 062° NE
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 062° NE
Hogsback Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 107° E
Hogsback Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 102° E
Hogsback Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 080° E
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 129° SE
Rice Lake Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 6.7 mi, 136° SE
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 7.8 mi, 137° SE
Holtan Farm Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 187° S
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 080° E
Minnesota Welcomes You (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 080° E
Alden Community Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 009° N
Mansion Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 184° S
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 14.4 mi, 185° S
Heritage Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 251° W
Myre-Big Island State Park (State Park) — 18.2 mi, 053° NE
Freeborn County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 045° NE
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 19.6 mi, 042° NE
Buddy Holly Crash Site (Public Artwork) — 21.0 mi, 145° SE
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.8 mi, 249° W · 5,668 acres
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 28.3 mi, 337° NW
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 132° SE
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 29.6 mi, 134° SE
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 136° SE
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 136° SE
Summerset Theater (Theatre) — 34.3 mi, 065° NE
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 39.7 mi, 244° SW

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