Davison County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Davison County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,200 ft on the east side to 1,700 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,700 ft 520 m1,580 ft 480 m1,510 ft 460 m1,390 ft 425 m1,270 ft 385 m1,200 ft 365 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Davison County averages about 1,380 ft (420 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,200 ft on the east side to 1,700 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,380 ft 420 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,700 ft 520 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,200 ft 365 m
on the east side

Davison County spans about 500 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 land1,380 ft420 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,700 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,200 ft365 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Mitchell.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Davison County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,200 ft on the east side to 1,700 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
19,907 2024 est.
Land area
435.6 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
46 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Aurora County1,570 ft
  2. Douglas County1,560 ft
  3. Hutchinson County1,390 ft
  4. Davison County1,380 ft
  5. Hanson County1,330 ft
  6. Sanborn County1,300 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 15 towns in Davison County by typical elevation
  1. Baker Township, Davison County1,570 ft
  2. Union Township, Davison County1,460 ft
  3. Tobin Township1,440 ft
  4. Mount Vernon1,400 ft
  5. Mount Vernon Township1,400 ft
  6. Lisbon Township1,380 ft
  7. Rome Township1,360 ft
  8. Beulah Township1,360 ft
  9. Ethan1,340 ft
  10. Blendon Township1,340 ft
  11. Prosper Township1,320 ft
  12. Mitchell1,310 ft
  13. Badger Township, Davison County1,300 ft
  14. Loomis1,300 ft
  15. Perry Township, Davison County1,300 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. 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.