America Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of America Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,350 ft on the southwest side to 2,110 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,110 ft 645 m1,920 ft 585 m1,830 ft 555 m1,640 ft 500 m1,450 ft 440 m1,350 ft 415 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

America Township sits at about 1,770 ft (540 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,770 ft 540 m
few residents
Lowest
1,350 ft 415 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,110 ft 645 m
on the east side
Average
1,730 ft 530 m
all land inside township boundaries

America Township spans about 760 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,770 ft540 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
2,110 ft645 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,350 ft415 m
Average of all land1,730 ft530 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.3 mi west to east through the middle of America Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of America Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,350 ft on the southwest side to 2,110 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Brule County, South Dakota, United States
Population
46 2024 est.
Land area
42.3 sq mi + 3.8 sq mi water
Density
1.1 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.5435° N, 99.2501° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bijou Hills1,820 ft
  2. Iona Township1,780 ft
  3. America Township1,770 ft
  4. Eagle Township1,760 ft
  5. Ola1,750 ft
  6. Ola Township1,730 ft
  7. Platte Colony1,720 ft
  8. Richland Township, Brule County1,710 ft
  9. La Roche Township1,700 ft
  10. Lake George Township1,670 ft
  11. Red Lake Township1,600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Twilight Butte2,230 ft
  • Buffalo Buttes2,210 ft
  • Twin Butte, Brule County2,040 ft
  • Red Rock1,800 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the township boundaries; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.