Aurora Center, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Aurora Center, South Dakota, shaded from 1,640 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,660 ft 505 m1,660 ft 505 m1,650 ft 505 m1,640 ft 500 m1,640 ft 500 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Aurora Center sits at about 1,650 ft (500 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,650 ft 500 m
few residents
Lowest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the east side
Highest
1,650 ft 505 m
on the east side
Average
1,650 ft 500 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Aurora Center is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,650 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
1,650 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
1,640 ft500 m
Town center
USGS map point for Aurora Center
1,650 ft505 m
Average of all land1,650 ft500 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Aurora Center, South Dakota, shaded from 1,640 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Aurora County, South Dakota, United States
Population
22 2020 Census
Land area
under 0.1 sq mi
Density
512 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.5269° N, 98.5898° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Platte Creek → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57375
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Aurora Center1,650 ft
  2. Stickney1,640 ft
  3. Center Township1,630 ft
  4. Truro Township1,620 ft
  5. Crystal Lake Township1,620 ft
  6. New Holland1,600 ft
  7. Clark Township1,600 ft
  8. Harrison1,600 ft
  9. Joubert Township1,590 ft
  10. Holland Township1,590 ft
  11. Washington Township, Aurora County1,580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; 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 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.
  • Aurora Center 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.