Badus Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Badus Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,710 ft on the east side to 1,820 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,820 ft 555 m1,800 ft 550 m1,780 ft 545 m1,750 ft 535 m1,730 ft 525 m1,710 ft 520 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

Badus Township sits at about 1,780 ft (540 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,780 ft 540 m
most residents: 1,730–1,810 ft
Lowest
1,710 ft 520 m
on the east side
Highest
1,820 ft 555 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,770 ft 540 m
all land inside township boundaries

Badus Township spans about 110 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
1,780 ft540 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,820 ft555 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,710 ft520 m
Average of all land1,770 ft540 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Badus Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Badus Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,710 ft on the east side to 1,820 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Lake County, South Dakota, United States
Population
93 2024 est.
Land area
35.1 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
2.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.1454° N, 97.1796° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Battle Creek → Big Sioux River → 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. Ramona1,810 ft
  2. Farmington Township1,780 ft
  3. Badus Township1,780 ft
  4. Spring Lake Colony1,770 ft
  5. Spring Lake Township1,770 ft
  6. Lake Sinai Township1,770 ft
  7. Wayne Township, Lake County1,760 ft
  8. Nunda1,760 ft
  9. Nunda Township1,750 ft
  10. Oldham1,720 ft
  11. Le Roy Township1,720 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Macey Hill1,710 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,710 ft at 44.1343° N, 97.1365° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.