Butler, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,830 ft 560 m1,820 ft 555 m1,810 ft 550 m1,790 ft 545 m1,780 ft 545 m1,770 ft 540 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
Town area: Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Butler sits at about 1,820 ft (555 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

1,820 ft 555 m

few residents

Lowest

1,770 ft 540 m

on the northwest side

Highest

1,830 ft 560 m

near the middle

Average

1,810 ft 555 m

all land inside town limits

Butler spans about 60 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	1,820 ft555 m
Highest point Inside town limits, near the middle	1,830 ft560 m
Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side	1,770 ft540 m
Town center USGS map point for Butler	1,830 ft555 m
Average of all land	1,810 ft555 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Town in Day County, South Dakota, United States
Population: 6 2024 est.
Land area: 0.3 sq mi
Density: 21 per sq mi
Coordinates: 45.2588° N, 97.7123° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Mud Creek → James River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 57219

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in South Dakota400th highest of 1,383
Towns in Day County17th highest of 37

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the town limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
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); BTS time zones. All public domain.