Anderson, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anderson, South Dakota, shaded from 1,280 ft on the east side to 1,510 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,510 ft 460 m1,450 ft 445 m1,430 ft 435 m1,370 ft 415 m1,310 ft 400 m1,280 ft 390 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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 CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Anderson sits at about 1,470 ft (450 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,470 ft 450 m
most residents: 1,380–1,490 ft
Lowest
1,280 ft 390 m
on the east side
Highest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the west side
Average
1,430 ft 435 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Anderson spans about 230 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
1,470 ft450 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,510 ft460 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
1,280 ft390 m
Airport (FSD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.1 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
1,430 ft436 m
Average of all land1,430 ft435 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the middle of Anderson.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anderson, South Dakota, shaded from 1,280 ft on the east side to 1,510 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Population
388 2020 Census
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
508 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.5170° N, 96.6153° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Joe Foss Field (FSD) 1,430 ft
ZIP codes 1
57110
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sioux Falls1,480 ft
  2. Anderson1,470 ft
  3. Valley Springs Township1,420 ft
  4. Harrisburg1,420 ft
  5. Split Rock Township1,420 ft
  6. Rowena1,400 ft
  7. Pine Lakes Addition1,400 ft
  8. Springdale Township1,390 ft
  9. Dayton Township1,370 ft
  10. Shindler1,370 ft
  11. Brandon1,350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Canton Mounds1,450 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Anderson is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.