Lake Traverse Reservation, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota, shaded from 960 ft on the northeast side to 2,130 ft near the middle
Elevation
2,130 ft 650 m1,840 ft 560 m1,690 ft 515 m1,400 ft 425 m1,110 ft 340 m960 ft 295 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
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Area
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Elevation Data

Lake Traverse Reservation averages about 1,490 ft (455 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 960 ft on the northeast side to 2,130 ft near the middle.

Average elevation
1,490 ft 455 m
all land inside the reservation
Highest
2,130 ft 650 m
near the middle
Lowest
960 ft 295 m
on the northeast side

Lake Traverse Reservation spans about 1,170 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,490 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside the reservation, near the middle
2,130 ft650 m
Lowest point
Inside the reservation, on the northeast side
960 ft295 m

Elevation profile, west to east

29 mi west to east through Sisseton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota, shaded from 960 ft on the northeast side to 2,130 ft near the middle
Census reservation boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Reservation, with off-reservation trust land in South Dakota and North Dakota, United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
Population
11,043 2020 Census
Land area
1,449.4 sq mi + 59.3 sq mi water
Density
7.6 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 67%, Canada 13%, Bitter Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearest tribal lands nearest, by average

  1. Crow Creek Reservation1,660 ft
  2. Flandreau Reservation1,570 ft
  3. Lake Traverse Reservation1,490 ft
  4. White Earth Reservation, MN1,430 ft
  5. Lower Sioux Indian Community, MN960 ft
  6. Upper Sioux Community, MN920 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 67 towns in the reservation by typical elevation
  1. Summit2,010 ft
  2. One Road Township1,980 ft
  3. Spring Grove Township1,980 ft
  4. Summit Township, Roberts County1,970 ft
  5. Alto Township1,960 ft
  6. Dry Wood Lake Township1,960 ft
  7. Farmington Township, Grant County1,950 ft
  8. Ortley Township1,900 ft
  9. Enemy Swim1,890 ft
  10. Waubay Township1,890 ft
  11. Red Iron Lake Township1,890 ft
  12. Kosciusko Township1,880 ft
  13. Dumarce Township1,870 ft
  14. Buffalo Township, Marshall County1,870 ft
  15. Blooming Valley Township1,870 ft
  16. Ortley1,870 ft
  17. McKinley Township1,870 ft
  18. Lake City1,850 ft
  19. Lura Township1,850 ft
  20. Eden Township, Marshall County partly1,840 ft
  21. Germantown Township, Codington County partly1,830 ft
  22. Egeland Township partly1,830 ft
  23. Lake Township, Marshall County1,830 ft
  24. Clear Lake, Marshall County1,830 ft
  25. Waubay partly1,820 ft
  26. Central Point Township1,810 ft
  27. Dexter Township partly1,800 ft
  28. Rauville Township partly1,780 ft
  29. Fuller Township partly1,770 ft
  30. La Belle Township1,760 ft
  31. Lake Township partly1,750 ft
  32. Watertown partly1,740 ft
  33. Long Hollow Township1,660 ft
  34. Long Hollow1,660 ft
  35. Goodwill Township1,500 ft
  36. Agency Village1,500 ft
  37. Agency Township1,460 ft
  38. Springdale Township, Roberts County partly1,290 ft
  39. Veblen1,280 ft
  40. Veblen Township1,260 ft
  41. Bossko Township1,240 ft
  42. Lawrence Township, Roberts County1,230 ft
  43. Peever Flats1,220 ft
  44. Sisseton1,220 ft
  45. Sisseton Township1,220 ft
  46. Minnesota Township1,210 ft
  47. Tewaukon Township1,210 ft
  48. Duerr Township partly1,200 ft
  49. Peever1,200 ft
  50. Norway Township, Roberts County1,200 ft
  51. Claire City1,200 ft
  52. Lee Township partly1,200 ft
  53. Enterprise Township, Roberts County1,190 ft
  54. Marboe Township1,180 ft
  55. Easter Township1,150 ft
  56. Grant Township, Roberts County1,140 ft
  57. Elma Township partly1,140 ft
  58. Hart Township1,110 ft
  59. New Effington1,100 ft
  60. Lien Township1,100 ft
  61. Bryant Township1,090 ft
  62. Harmon Township1,090 ft
  63. Victor Township1,090 ft
  64. Greendale Township partly1,080 ft
  65. Rosholt1,070 ft
  66. White Rock Township1,070 ft
  67. White Rock Colony1,020 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. 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 960 ft at 45.9049° N, 96.5687° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.