Dell Rapids, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dell Rapids, South Dakota, shaded from 1,470 ft on the southwest side to 1,590 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,590 ft 485 m1,560 ft 475 m1,540 ft 470 m1,510 ft 460 m1,480 ft 450 m1,470 ft 445 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dell Rapids sits at about 1,540 ft (470 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,540 ft 470 m
most residents: 1,500–1,560 ft
Lowest
1,470 ft 445 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,590 ft 485 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,530 ft 465 m
all land inside city limits

Dell Rapids spans about 120 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
1,540 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
1,590 ft485 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,470 ft445 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dell Rapids
1,510 ft460 m
Average of all land1,530 ft465 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dell Rapids, South Dakota, shaded from 1,470 ft on the southwest side to 1,590 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Population
3,825 2024 est.
Land area
2.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,697 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.8261° N, 96.7062° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57022
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lynn Township, Moody County1,640 ft
  2. Burk Township1,610 ft
  3. Logan Township1,580 ft
  4. Enterprise Township1,580 ft
  5. Blinsmon Township1,570 ft
  6. Dell Rapids Township1,560 ft
  7. Dell Rapids1,540 ft
  8. Baltic1,520 ft
  9. Sverdrup Township1,510 ft
  10. Edison Township1,510 ft
  11. Trent1,510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Egan Mounds1,640 ft
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); BTS time zones. All public domain.