Charles Mix County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charles Mix County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the southeast side to 2,130 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
2,130 ft 650 m1,900 ft 580 m1,790 ft 545 m1,560 ft 475 m1,330 ft 405 m1,220 ft 370 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Charles Mix County averages about 1,560 ft (475 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,220 ft on the southeast side to 2,130 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,560 ft 475 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,130 ft 650 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,220 ft 370 m
on the southeast side

Charles Mix County spans about 910 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,560 ft475 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
2,130 ft650 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,220 ft370 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Wagner.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Charles Mix County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the southeast side to 2,130 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
9,343 2024 est.
Land area
1,097.1 sq mi + 53.1 sq mi water
Density
8.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains 91%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Gregory County1,950 ft
  2. Lyman County1,780 ft
  3. Boyd County, NE1,740 ft
  4. Brule County1,670 ft
  5. Knox County, NE1,610 ft
  6. Aurora County1,570 ft
  7. Charles Mix County1,560 ft
  8. Douglas County1,560 ft
  9. Bon Homme County1,440 ft
  10. Hutchinson County1,390 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Took Tay Hill1,940 ft
  • Sunrise Hill1,410 ft
All 34 towns in Charles Mix County by typical elevation
  1. Clearfield Colony1,720 ft
  2. Platte Colony1,720 ft
  3. La Roche Township1,700 ft
  4. Choteau Creek Township1,700 ft
  5. Lake George Township1,670 ft
  6. Signal Township1,640 ft
  7. Darlington Township1,640 ft
  8. Goose Lake Township1,630 ft
  9. Moore Township1,630 ft
  10. Rhoda Township1,620 ft
  11. Forbes Township1,620 ft
  12. Platte1,610 ft
  13. Geddes1,610 ft
  14. Hamilton Township1,600 ft
  15. Jackson Township1,580 ft
  16. Platte Township1,570 ft
  17. Lakeview Colony1,520 ft
  18. White Swan Township1,510 ft
  19. Lone Tree Township1,500 ft
  20. Ravinia1,500 ft
  21. Plain Center Township1,490 ft
  22. Wahehe Township1,480 ft
  23. Lake Andes1,480 ft
  24. Rouse Township1,480 ft
  25. Pickstown1,470 ft
  26. Lawrence Township1,470 ft
  27. Ree Township1,460 ft
  28. Marty1,450 ft
  29. Highland Township1,450 ft
  30. Howard Township1,450 ft
  31. Wagner1,440 ft
  32. Kennedy Township1,420 ft
  33. Bryan Township1,420 ft
  34. Dante1,400 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.