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Thompson Iowa Map

Explore Thompson, 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 Thompson, Iowa

How to Use This Thompson, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.371344
Longitude	-93.773556
Population	495
Density	223.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50478
Area Code	515
County Seat	Forest City
School District	North Iowa Community School District

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About Thompson, Iowa

Thompson is a locality in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 495. The population density is 223.0 people per km². Thompson is located at 43.3713°N, 93.7736°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Thompson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50478.

Thompson occupies a vast, level expanse of the northern Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed under a sky that shifts from pale morning violet to a heavy, bruised amber by evening. It lies 32.5 miles west-northwest of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 298°T), and is situated 10.2 miles northwest of Forest City. The land is defined by the rigorous geometry of agriculture, where field lines carve the earth into a quilt of deep green corn and drying soybean stalks that ripple like water when the wind catches them. A mile from the center, the quiet flow of Pike Run marks the landscape, while the Thompson Roadside Prairie preserves a remnant of the tallgrass that once dominated this entire region. Further out, the surface rises slightly toward the distant silhouette of Pilot Knob, a reminder of the glacial shifts that leveled the surrounding plains, while the waters of Harmon Lake sit silently to the west, reflecting the slow passage of clouds.

Thompson grew from the steady, persistent labor of families who carved their livelihoods out of the black, fertile soil, leaving behind a legacy of pragmatic, understated resilience. The economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life from the early spring planting to the frantic, dusty activity of autumn. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, the people here maintain a quiet, literate civility, often finding their recreation in the expansive outdoors or traversing the local landscape toward the Winnebago River Trail. There is a distinct patience in the way the day concludes here, as the machinery is parked and the long shadows of the grain elevators stretch across the streets, grounding Thompson in a long-standing tradition of hard work and quiet, unshowy endurance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Thompson Roadside Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 360° N
Good Neighbors Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 014° N
Osmundson Slough (Local Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 154° SE
Florence Recreation Area (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 274° W
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 182° S
Myre Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 182° S
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 182° S
Myre Slough Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 178° S
Good Neighbors Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 000° N
Holtan Farm Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 131° SE
Heritage Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 276° W
Mansion Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 137° SE
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 10.0 mi, 138° SE
World's Largest Bullhead (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 185° S
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 074° E
Pilot Knob State Park (State Park) — 13.1 mi, 128° SE
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 13.2 mi, 086° E
MIA-POW Display (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 236° SW
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.3 mi, 260° W · 5,668 acres
Hobo Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 184° S
Armstrong House Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 184° S
Buddy Holly Crash Site (Public Artwork) — 22.3 mi, 118° SE
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 29.8 mi, 250° W
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 30.0 mi, 044° NE
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 32.0 mi, 114° SE
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 32.2 mi, 115° SE
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 32.7 mi, 118° SE
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 32.9 mi, 117° SE
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 33.1 mi, 354° N
Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 39.6 mi, 300° NW

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