Pine Ridge Reservation, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shaded from 2,000 ft on the northeast side to 3,720 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
3,720 ft 1,135 m3,290 ft 1,000 m3,070 ft 935 m2,650 ft 805 m2,220 ft 675 m2,000 ft 610 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.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Area
Fades everything outside the official reservation boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pine Ridge Reservation averages about 3,000 ft (915 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,000 ft on the northeast side to 3,720 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
3,000 ft 915 m
all land inside the reservation
Highest
3,720 ft 1,135 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
2,000 ft 610 m
on the northeast side

Pine Ridge Reservation spans about 1,720 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 land3,000 ft915 m
Highest point
Inside the reservation, on the southwest side
3,720 ft1,135 m
Lowest point
Inside the reservation, on the northeast side
2,000 ft610 m

Elevation profile, south to north

48 mi south to north through Pine Ridge.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shaded from 2,000 ft on the northeast side to 3,720 ft on the southwest side
Census reservation boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Reservation in South Dakota and Nebraska, United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
Population
18,850 2020 Census
Land area
4,342.7 sq mi + 10.6 sq mi water
Density
4.3 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

  1. Pine Ridge Reservation3,000 ft
  2. Rosebud Indian Reservation2,510 ft
  3. Cheyenne River Reservation2,130 ft
  4. Standing Rock Reservation2,070 ft
  5. Lower Brule Reservation1,690 ft
  6. Crow Creek Reservation1,660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Porcupine Butte3,691 ft
  • Slim Butte3,610 ft
  • Eagle Nest Butte3,410 ft
  • Tahc’a Okute Aglehan3,350 ft
  • Buzzard Butte3,330 ft
All 11 towns in the reservation by typical elevation
  1. Batesland3,400 ft
  2. Allen3,380 ft
  3. Martin3,310 ft
  4. White Clay partly3,290 ft
  5. Wounded Knee3,280 ft
  6. Manderson-White Horse Creek3,280 ft
  7. Pine Ridge3,260 ft
  8. Porcupine3,100 ft
  9. Oglala3,030 ft
  10. Kyle2,920 ft
  11. Wanblee2,650 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.
  • 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.