Butte Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butte Township, South Dakota, shaded from 2,060 ft on the northeast side to 2,550 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,550 ft 780 m2,430 ft 740 m2,370 ft 720 m2,240 ft 685 m2,120 ft 645 m2,060 ft 630 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

Butte Township sits at about 2,200 ft (670 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
2,200 ft 670 m
few residents
Lowest
2,060 ft 630 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,550 ft 780 m
on the southwest side
Average
2,250 ft 685 m
all land inside township boundaries

Butte Township spans about 490 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
2,200 ft670 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
2,550 ft780 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
2,060 ft630 m
Average of all land2,250 ft685 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.1 mi south to north through the middle of Butte Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butte Township, South Dakota, shaded from 2,060 ft on the northeast side to 2,550 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Mellette County, South Dakota, United States
Population
2 2024 est.
Land area
36.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
0.1 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.4707° N, 100.3919° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
White River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Taylor Township, Tripp County2,390 ft
  2. Okreek2,380 ft
  3. Fairview Township, Mellette County2,370 ft
  4. Butte Township2,200 ft
  5. Carter Township2,200 ft
  6. Wood2,150 ft
  7. Mosher Township2,100 ft
  8. Cody Township2,080 ft
  9. Rosebud Township2,070 ft
  10. Bad Nation Township2,030 ft
  11. Curlew Township1,930 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Haystack Butte, Todd County2,750 ft
  • Table Butte2,660 ft
  • Rattlesnake Butte, Mellette County2,520 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the township boundaries; 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 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.