Beadle County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Beadle County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the southeast side to 1,890 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,890 ft 575 m1,720 ft 525 m1,640 ft 500 m1,470 ft 450 m1,310 ft 400 m1,220 ft 375 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Beadle County averages about 1,340 ft (410 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,220 ft on the southeast side to 1,890 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,340 ft 410 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,890 ft 575 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,220 ft 375 m
on the southeast side

Beadle County spans about 670 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,340 ft410 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,890 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,220 ft375 m

Elevation profile, west to east

42 mi west to east through Huron.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Beadle County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the southeast side to 1,890 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
19,459 2024 est.
Land area
1,258.7 sq mi + 6.1 sq mi water
Density
15 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Clark County1,720 ft
  2. Kingsbury County1,670 ft
  3. Hand County1,660 ft
  4. Jerauld County1,640 ft
  5. Beadle County1,340 ft
  6. Spink County1,320 ft
  7. Sanborn County1,300 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 49 towns in Beadle County by typical elevation
  1. Burr Oak Township1,480 ft
  2. Barrett Township1,420 ft
  3. Sand Creek Township1,420 ft
  4. Wessington1,420 ft
  5. Wessington Township1,410 ft
  6. Shamrock Colony1,410 ft
  7. Iroquois partly1,400 ft
  8. Whiteside Township1,400 ft
  9. Foster Township, Beadle County1,390 ft
  10. Vernon Township, Beadle County1,390 ft
  11. Milford Township1,380 ft
  12. Banner Township1,370 ft
  13. Kellogg Township1,370 ft
  14. Nance Township1,360 ft
  15. Logan Township, Beadle County1,360 ft
  16. Pearl Creek Colony1,360 ft
  17. Wolsey Township1,350 ft
  18. Wolsey1,350 ft
  19. Allen Township1,340 ft
  20. Yale1,340 ft
  21. Belle Prairie Township1,340 ft
  22. Hitchcock1,340 ft
  23. Carlyle Township1,340 ft
  24. Virgil1,340 ft
  25. Bonilla Township1,340 ft
  26. Liberty Township, Beadle County1,330 ft
  27. Altoona Township1,320 ft
  28. Broadland Township1,320 ft
  29. Dearborn Township1,320 ft
  30. Hartland Township, Beadle County1,310 ft
  31. Grant Township, Beadle County1,310 ft
  32. Richland Township, Beadle County1,310 ft
  33. Cavour1,310 ft
  34. Cavour Township1,310 ft
  35. Pearl Creek Township1,310 ft
  36. Broadland1,300 ft
  37. Fairfield Township1,300 ft
  38. Pleasant View Township, Beadle County1,290 ft
  39. Clyde Township1,290 ft
  40. Valley Township1,290 ft
  41. Clifton Township1,290 ft
  42. Theresa Township1,290 ft
  43. Custer Township1,280 ft
  44. Huron1,280 ft
  45. Iowa Township1,280 ft
  46. Morningside1,270 ft
  47. Riverside Colony1,270 ft
  48. Lake Byron Township1,250 ft
  49. Huron Colony1,250 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.