Bushnell, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bushnell, South Dakota, shaded from 1,660 ft on the northwest side to 1,700 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,700 ft 520 m1,690 ft 515 m1,680 ft 515 m1,670 ft 510 m1,660 ft 505 m1,660 ft 505 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bushnell sits at about 1,690 ft (515 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,690 ft 515 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
1,660 ft 505 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,700 ft 520 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,680 ft 515 m
all land inside town limits

Bushnell spans about 40 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
1,690 ft515 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
1,700 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
1,660 ft505 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bushnell
1,690 ft515 m
Airport (BKX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.4 mi west of the town limits
1,648 ft502 m
Average of all land1,680 ft515 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bushnell, South Dakota, shaded from 1,660 ft on the northwest side to 1,700 ft on the northeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States
Population
74 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
104 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3286° N, 96.6425° 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 1
57276
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Richland Township1,840 ft
  2. White1,790 ft
  3. Rolland Colony1,750 ft
  4. Alton Township1,720 ft
  5. Afton Township1,710 ft
  6. Newdale Colony1,700 ft
  7. Bushnell1,690 ft
  8. Parnell Township1,690 ft
  9. Aurora Township1,640 ft
  10. Aurora1,630 ft
  11. Trenton Township1,620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.