Brookings, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brookings, South Dakota, shaded from 1,590 ft on the southwest side to 1,690 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,690 ft 515 m1,670 ft 510 m1,650 ft 505 m1,630 ft 495 m1,600 ft 490 m1,590 ft 485 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Brookings sits at about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,640 ft 500 m
most residents: 1,610–1,660 ft
Lowest
1,590 ft 485 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,690 ft 515 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,630 ft 495 m
all land inside city limits

Brookings spans about 100 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
1,640 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,690 ft515 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,590 ft485 m
Town center
USGS map point for Brookings
1,620 ft495 m
Airport (BKX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,648 ft502 m
Average of all land1,630 ft495 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brookings, South Dakota, shaded from 1,590 ft on the southwest side to 1,690 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States
Population
24,555 2024 est.
Land area
14.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,740 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3114° N, 96.7984° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Brookings Regional (BKX) 1,648 ft
ZIP codes 2
57006 57007
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Afton Township1,710 ft
  2. Bushnell1,690 ft
  3. Sterling Township1,670 ft
  4. Volga Township1,660 ft
  5. Brookings1,640 ft
  6. Aurora Township1,640 ft
  7. Brookings Township1,630 ft
  8. Volga1,630 ft
  9. Aurora1,630 ft
  10. Trenton Township1,620 ft
  11. Medary Township1,590 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.