Brookings County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brookings County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,560 ft on the south side to 1,990 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,990 ft 605 m1,880 ft 575 m1,830 ft 560 m1,720 ft 525 m1,620 ft 495 m1,560 ft 475 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
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Brookings County averages about 1,720 ft (525 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,560 ft on the south side to 1,990 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
1,720 ft 525 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,990 ft 605 m
on the east side
Lowest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the south side

Brookings County spans about 430 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 land1,720 ft525 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,990 ft605 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,560 ft475 m

Elevation profile, west to east

33 mi west to east through Brookings.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brookings County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,560 ft on the south side to 1,990 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
36,359 2024 est.
Land area
792.2 sq mi + 12.7 sq mi water
Density
46 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. Deuel County1,770 ft
  2. Hamlin County1,740 ft
  3. Brookings County1,720 ft
  4. Lake County1,720 ft
  5. Lincoln County, MN1,700 ft
  6. Kingsbury County1,670 ft
  7. Moody County1,630 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 36 towns in Brookings County by typical elevation
  1. Sherman Township1,930 ft
  2. Norfeld Colony1,930 ft
  3. Oak Lake Township1,890 ft
  4. Richland Township1,840 ft
  5. Arlington partly1,830 ft
  6. Lake Hendricks Township1,830 ft
  7. White1,790 ft
  8. Sinai1,780 ft
  9. Bangor Township1,780 ft
  10. Lake Sinai Township1,770 ft
  11. Winsor Township1,760 ft
  12. Elkton1,750 ft
  13. Rolland Colony1,750 ft
  14. Elkton Township1,740 ft
  15. Alton Township1,720 ft
  16. Argo Township1,720 ft
  17. Afton Township1,710 ft
  18. Lake Poinsett partly1,710 ft
  19. Newdale Colony1,700 ft
  20. Eureka Township1,690 ft
  21. Bushnell1,690 ft
  22. Laketon Township1,690 ft
  23. Parnell Township1,690 ft
  24. Oslo Township1,680 ft
  25. Preston Township1,680 ft
  26. Sterling Township1,670 ft
  27. Volga Township1,660 ft
  28. Brookings1,640 ft
  29. Aurora Township1,640 ft
  30. Oakwood Township1,640 ft
  31. Brookings Township1,630 ft
  32. Volga1,630 ft
  33. Aurora1,630 ft
  34. Bruce1,620 ft
  35. Trenton Township1,620 ft
  36. Medary Township1,590 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.