Blucksberg Mountain, SD Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,990 ft 1,215 m3,900 ft 1,190 m3,860 ft 1,175 m3,760 ft 1,145 m3,670 ft 1,120 m3,630 ft 1,105 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Blucksberg Mountain sits at about 3,770 ft (1,150 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,770 ft 1,150 m
most residents: 3,740–3,870 ft
Lowest
3,630 ft 1,105 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,990 ft 1,215 m
at the foot of the Black Hills
Average
3,790 ft 1,155 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Blucksberg Mountain spans about 360 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 | 3,770 ft1,150 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Black Hills | 3,990 ft1,215 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 3,630 ft1,105 m |
| Airport (49B) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.1 mi northeast of the CDP boundary | 3,255 ft992 m |
| Average of all land | 3,790 ft1,155 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.6 mi west to east through the middle of Blucksberg Mountain.
Altitude Effects
What 3,770 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.0 °F96.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
87% of sea level
26.1 inHg (88.3 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.3% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Meade County, South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 467 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 698 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.3606° N, 103.4502° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Alkali Creek → Belle Fourche River → Cheyenne River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Sturgis Municipal (49B) 3,255 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 57785
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lead5,310 ft
- Central City4,940 ft
- Deadwood4,710 ft
- Boulder Canyon3,970 ft
- Blucksberg Mountain3,770 ft
- Crook City3,750 ft
- Summerset3,660 ft
- Whitewood3,630 ft
- Wonderland Homes3,600 ft
- Piedmont3,520 ft
- Sturgis3,510 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in South Dakota13th highest of 1,383
- Towns in Meade Countyhighest of 16
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Black Elk Peak7,200 ft
- Green Mountain7,160 ft
- Warren Peaks6,650 ft
- Deadman Mountain4,940 ft
- Bear Butte4,427 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Blucksberg Mountain is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.