Burk Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burk Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,460 ft on the southeast side to 1,670 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,620 ft 495 m1,590 ft 485 m1,540 ft 470 m1,490 ft 455 m1,460 ft 445 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

Burk Township sits at about 1,610 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,610 ft 490 m
most residents: 1,550–1,630 ft
Lowest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,600 ft 485 m
all land inside township boundaries

Burk Township spans about 210 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
1,610 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,670 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,460 ft445 m
Airport (FSD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi south of the township boundaries
1,430 ft436 m
Average of all land1,600 ft485 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Burk Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burk Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,460 ft on the southeast side to 1,670 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
357 2024 est.
Land area
36.0 sq mi
Density
9.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.7972° N, 96.8213° 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. Lynn Township, Moody County1,640 ft
  2. Taopi Township1,630 ft
  3. Colton1,610 ft
  4. Burk Township1,610 ft
  5. Grand Meadow Township1,590 ft
  6. Lyons Township1,570 ft
  7. Dell Rapids Township1,560 ft
  8. Lyons1,550 ft
  9. Dell Rapids1,540 ft
  10. Baltic1,520 ft
  11. Sverdrup Township1,510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Macey Hill1,710 ft
  • Egan Mounds1,640 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. All public domain.