De Smet, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of De Smet, South Dakota, shaded from 1,690 ft on the southeast side to 1,780 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,780 ft 540 m1,750 ft 535 m1,740 ft 530 m1,720 ft 525 m1,700 ft 520 m1,690 ft 515 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.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

De Smet sits at about 1,720 ft (525 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,720 ft 525 m
most residents: 1,700–1,750 ft
Lowest
1,690 ft 515 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,780 ft 540 m
on the west side
Average
1,720 ft 525 m
all land inside city limits

De Smet spans about 90 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
1,720 ft525 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,780 ft540 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,690 ft515 m
Town center
USGS map point for De Smet
1,720 ft525 m
Airport (6E5)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi north of the city limits
1,730 ft527 m
Average of all land1,720 ft525 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of De Smet, South Dakota, shaded from 1,690 ft on the southeast side to 1,780 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States
Population
1,037 2024 est.
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
896 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3875° N, 97.5504° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
East Fork Vermillion River → Vermillion River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Wilder (6E5) 1,730 ft
ZIP codes 1
57231
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Erwin1,860 ft
  2. Hartland Township1,810 ft
  3. Spirit Lake Township1,750 ft
  4. De Smet Township1,730 ft
  5. De Smet1,720 ft
  6. Baker Township1,720 ft
  7. Lake Preston1,720 ft
  8. Mathews Township1,650 ft
  9. Manchester Township1,570 ft
  10. Bancroft1,560 ft
  11. Iroquois Township1,460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.