Black Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,220 ft 680 m2,140 ft 655 m2,100 ft 640 m2,020 ft 615 m1,940 ft 595 m1,900 ft 580 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Black Township sits at about 2,040 ft (625 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,040 ft 625 m
most residents: 1,970–2,080 ft
Lowest
1,900 ft 580 m
on the north side
Highest
2,220 ft 680 m
on the southwest side
Average
2,040 ft 620 m
all land inside township boundaries
Black Township spans about 320 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,040 ft625 m |
| Highest point Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side | 2,220 ft680 m |
| Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the north side | 1,900 ft580 m |
| Airport (ICR) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.4 mi east of the township boundaries | 2,032 ft619 m |
| Average of all land | 2,040 ft620 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Black Township.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Township in Tripp County, South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 138 2024 est.
- Land area
- 35.7 sq mi
- Density
- 3.9 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.3791° N, 99.9394° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- White River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Winner Regional (ICR) 2,032 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Rosedale Township, Tripp County2,340 ft
- Weaver Township2,210 ft
- Wilson Township2,170 ft
- Jordan Township2,080 ft
- Lamro Township2,070 ft
- Black Township2,040 ft
- Winner2,000 ft
- New Witten1,980 ft
- Witten Township1,960 ft
- Banner Township, Tripp County1,910 ft
- Brunson Township1,890 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in South Dakota241st highest of 1,383
- Towns in Tripp County28th highest of 48
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Dorian Buttes2,597 ft
- Dog Ear Buttes2,440 ft
- Bradleyon Butte2,330 ft
- Miller Hill2,300 ft
- Rattlesnake Butte, Tripp County2,280 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).
- 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.