Benton Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,450 ft on the south side to 1,640 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,640 ft 500 m1,590 ft 485 m1,570 ft 475 m1,520 ft 465 m1,470 ft 450 m1,450 ft 440 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

Benton Township sits at about 1,550 ft (470 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,550 ft 470 m
most residents: 1,500–1,570 ft
Lowest
1,450 ft 440 m
on the south side
Highest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,540 ft 470 m
all land inside township boundaries

Benton Township spans about 190 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
1,550 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,640 ft500 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
1,450 ft440 m
Airport (FSD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.1 mi southeast of the township boundaries
1,430 ft436 m
Average of all land1,540 ft470 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.0 mi west to east through the middle of Benton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,450 ft on the south side to 1,640 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Population
735 2024 est.
Land area
30.4 sq mi
Density
24 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.6235° N, 96.8410° 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
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hartford1,580 ft
  2. Wall Lake Township1,580 ft
  3. Lyons Township1,570 ft
  4. Crooks1,570 ft
  5. Hartford Township1,570 ft
  6. Benton Township1,550 ft
  7. Lyons1,550 ft
  8. Wayne Township1,490 ft
  9. Meadow View Addition1,490 ft
  10. Mapleton Township1,480 ft
  11. Renner Corner1,460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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).
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.