Canova, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canova, South Dakota, shaded from 1,510 ft on the west side to 1,540 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,540 ft 470 m1,530 ft 470 m1,530 ft 465 m1,520 ft 465 m1,510 ft 460 m1,510 ft 460 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.
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

Canova sits at about 1,530 ft (465 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,530 ft 465 m
most residents: 1,520–1,530 ft
Lowest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the west side
Highest
1,540 ft 470 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,520 ft 465 m
all land inside town limits

Canova spans about 30 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
1,530 ft465 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
1,540 ft470 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
1,510 ft460 m
Town center
USGS map point for Canova
1,530 ft465 m
Average of all land1,520 ft465 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canova, South Dakota, shaded from 1,510 ft on the west side to 1,540 ft on the northeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Miner County, South Dakota, United States
Population
94 2024 est.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
299 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.8811° N, 97.5045° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wolf Creek → James River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57321
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shannon Colony1,630 ft
  2. Clearwater Township1,610 ft
  3. Vermillion Township, Miner County1,590 ft
  4. Howard1,570 ft
  5. Howard Township, Miner County1,540 ft
  6. Sun Prairie Township1,540 ft
  7. Canova1,530 ft
  8. Canova Township1,470 ft
  9. Pearl Township1,430 ft
  10. Rock Creek Township1,370 ft
  11. Spring Lake Township, Hanson County1,370 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.