Cheyenne River Reservation, SD Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,740 ft 835 m2,420 ft 735 m2,260 ft 690 m1,940 ft 590 m1,620 ft 495 m1,460 ft 445 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official reservation boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Cheyenne River Reservation averages about 2,130 ft (650 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,460 ft on the southeast side to 2,739 ft on Thunder Butte.
Average elevation
2,130 ft 650 m
all land inside the reservation
Highest
2,739 ft 835 m
on Thunder Butte
Lowest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the southeast side
Cheyenne River Reservation spans about 1,280 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 2,130 ft650 m |
| Highest point Inside the reservation, on Thunder Butte (NGS survey height) | 2,739 ft835 m |
| Lowest point Inside the reservation, on the southeast side | 1,460 ft445 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
77 mi west to east through North Eagle Butte.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Reservation, with off-reservation trust land in South Dakota, United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Population
- 7,639 2020 Census
- Land area
- 4,265.8 sq mi + 153.3 sq mi water
- Density
- 1.8 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearest tribal lands nearest, by average
- Pine Ridge Reservation3,000 ft
- Rosebud Indian Reservation2,510 ft
- Cheyenne River Reservation2,130 ft
- Standing Rock Reservation2,070 ft
- Lower Brule Reservation1,690 ft
- Crow Creek Reservation1,660 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Tribal lands in South Dakota3rd highest of 9
- Tribal lands in the United States150th highest of 704
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Thunder Butte2,739 ft
- Marple Butte2,590 ft
- Rattlesnake Butte, Ziebach County2,550 ft
- Mud Butte, Ziebach County2,500 ft
- Eagle Butte, Ziebach County2,490 ft
All 12 towns in the reservation by typical elevation
- Eagle Butte2,430 ft
- North Eagle Butte2,410 ft
- Isabel2,390 ft
- Lantry2,390 ft
- Dupree2,370 ft
- Timber Lake2,170 ft
- La Plant2,020 ft
- Green Grass1,920 ft
- Bridger1,870 ft
- Swift Bird1,840 ft
- Cherry Creek1,730 ft
- Whitehorse1,710 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census reservation boundary (TIGER/Line AIANNH, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Name: the Census Bureau's legal or statistical area name, as published; the nation's own name may differ.
- Population: 2020 Census residents of the blocks inside the boundary.
- Nearby Places: nearest tribal lands and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the reservation with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the reservation.
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.