Altamont Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Altamont Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,640 ft on the northeast side to 1,920 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,920 ft 585 m1,850 ft 565 m1,820 ft 555 m1,750 ft 535 m1,680 ft 510 m1,640 ft 500 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Altamont Township sits at about 1,760 ft (535 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,760 ft 535 m
most residents: 1,680–1,870 ft
Lowest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,920 ft 585 m
on the south side
Average
1,780 ft 545 m
all land inside township boundaries

Altamont Township spans about 280 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,760 ft535 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
1,920 ft585 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,640 ft500 m
Average of all land1,780 ft545 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.9 mi west to east through the middle of Altamont Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Altamont Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,640 ft on the northeast side to 1,920 ft on the south side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Deuel County, South Dakota, United States
Population
111 2024 est.
Land area
36.6 sq mi + 3.2 sq mi water
Density
3.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.8518° N, 96.6624° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Goodwin1,990 ft
  2. Havana Township1,960 ft
  3. Goodwin Township1,950 ft
  4. Altamont1,840 ft
  5. Clear Lake Township1,830 ft
  6. Clear Lake1,820 ft
  7. Altamont Township1,760 ft
  8. Portland Township1,710 ft
  9. Glenwood Township, Deuel County1,570 ft
  10. Lowe Township1,380 ft
  11. Antelope Valley Township1,200 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Punished Womans Mound2,080 ft
  • Buffalo Hill2,010 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.