Codington County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Codington County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,690 ft on the southeast side to 2,080 ft on Punished Womans Mound
Elevation
2,080 ft 635 m1,980 ft 605 m1,930 ft 590 m1,840 ft 560 m1,740 ft 530 m1,690 ft 515 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

Codington County averages about 1,820 ft (555 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,690 ft on the southeast side to 2,080 ft on Punished Womans Mound.

Average elevation
1,820 ft 555 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,080 ft 635 m
on Punished Womans Mound
Lowest
1,690 ft 515 m
on the southeast side

Codington County spans about 390 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 land1,820 ft555 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Punished Womans Mound (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
2,080 ft635 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,690 ft515 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Watertown.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Codington County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,690 ft on the southeast side to 2,080 ft on Punished Womans Mound
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
29,278 2024 est.
Land area
687.6 sq mi + 29.6 sq mi water
Density
43 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 67%, Goose Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Codington County1,820 ft
  2. Deuel County1,770 ft
  3. Day County1,740 ft
  4. Hamlin County1,740 ft
  5. Clark County1,720 ft
  6. Grant County1,450 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Punished Womans Mound2,080 ft
All 24 towns in Codington County by typical elevation
  1. Waverly1,980 ft
  2. Kranzburg1,980 ft
  3. Waverly Township1,970 ft
  4. Leola Township1,920 ft
  5. Kranzburg Township1,910 ft
  6. South Shore1,890 ft
  7. Germantown Township, Codington County1,830 ft
  8. Henry1,820 ft
  9. Dexter Township1,800 ft
  10. Rauville Township1,780 ft
  11. Wallace1,780 ft
  12. Eden Township, Codington County1,780 ft
  13. Graceland Township1,780 ft
  14. Elmira Township1,780 ft
  15. Henry Township, Codington County1,770 ft
  16. Phipps Township1,770 ft
  17. Fuller Township1,770 ft
  18. Florence1,770 ft
  19. Richland Township, Codington County1,760 ft
  20. Kampeska Township1,750 ft
  21. Lake Township1,750 ft
  22. Pelican Township1,740 ft
  23. Watertown1,740 ft
  24. Sheridan Township1,740 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; 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.