Baltic, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Baltic, South Dakota, shaded from 1,450 ft on the southwest side to 1,560 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,560 ft 475 m1,530 ft 465 m1,520 ft 465 m1,490 ft 455 m1,460 ft 445 m1,450 ft 440 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Baltic sits at about 1,520 ft (465 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,520 ft 465 m
most residents: 1,490–1,540 ft
Lowest
1,450 ft 440 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,500 ft 455 m
all land inside city limits

Baltic 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
1,520 ft465 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,560 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,450 ft440 m
Town center
USGS map point for Baltic
1,480 ft450 m
Airport (FSD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi south of the city limits
1,430 ft436 m
Average of all land1,500 ft455 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Baltic, South Dakota, shaded from 1,450 ft on the southwest side to 1,560 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Population
1,331 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
1,804 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.7614° N, 96.7403° 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
57003
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Burk Township1,610 ft
  2. Logan Township1,580 ft
  3. Lyons Township1,570 ft
  4. Crooks1,570 ft
  5. Dell Rapids Township1,560 ft
  6. Lyons1,550 ft
  7. Dell Rapids1,540 ft
  8. Baltic1,520 ft
  9. Sverdrup Township1,510 ft
  10. Edison Township1,510 ft
  11. Renner Corner1,460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Egan Mounds1,640 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.