Edmunds County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Edmunds County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,330 ft on the east side to 2,110 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,110 ft 645 m1,920 ft 585 m1,820 ft 555 m1,620 ft 495 m1,430 ft 435 m1,330 ft 405 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
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Elevation Data

Edmunds County averages about 1,690 ft (515 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,330 ft on the east side to 2,110 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,690 ft 515 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,110 ft 645 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,330 ft 405 m
on the east side

Edmunds County spans about 780 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 land1,690 ft515 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,110 ft645 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,330 ft405 m

Elevation profile, west to east

48 mi west to east through Ipswich.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Edmunds County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,330 ft on the east side to 2,110 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
4,027 2024 est.
Land area
1,126.0 sq mi + 25.1 sq mi water
Density
3.6 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Great Plains 69%, Central Lowland 31%
Drains to
Gulf of America 71%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 13%, Alkali 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. Potter County1,950 ft
  2. Walworth County1,910 ft
  3. McPherson County1,820 ft
  4. Edmunds County1,690 ft
  5. Faulk County1,630 ft
  6. Brown County1,340 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 40 towns in Edmunds County by typical elevation
  1. Bowdle Township2,000 ft
  2. Bowdle1,990 ft
  3. Odessa Township1,970 ft
  4. Cloyd Valley Township1,930 ft
  5. Cottonwood Lake Township1,910 ft
  6. Hudson Township1,910 ft
  7. Hosmer1,900 ft
  8. Madison Township, Edmunds County1,890 ft
  9. Sangamon Township1,890 ft
  10. Modena Township1,870 ft
  11. North Bryant Township1,870 ft
  12. Hosmer Township1,850 ft
  13. Roscoe1,830 ft
  14. Glen Township1,820 ft
  15. Glover Township1,810 ft
  16. Hillside Township1,800 ft
  17. Bryant Township, Edmunds County1,800 ft
  18. Adrian Township1,770 ft
  19. Montpelier Township1,750 ft
  20. Huntley Township1,700 ft
  21. Vermont Township1,690 ft
  22. Cleveland Township, Edmunds County1,650 ft
  23. Liberty Township, Edmunds County1,610 ft
  24. Plainview Colony1,580 ft
  25. Rosette Township1,580 ft
  26. Ipswich Township1,550 ft
  27. Ipswich1,540 ft
  28. Powell Township1,500 ft
  29. Deerfield Colony1,500 ft
  30. Harmony Township1,490 ft
  31. Belle Township1,490 ft
  32. Pembrook Colony1,490 ft
  33. Fountain Township1,480 ft
  34. Union Township, Edmunds County1,470 ft
  35. Pembrook Township1,460 ft
  36. Kent Township1,450 ft
  37. Mina1,430 ft
  38. Cortlandt Township1,430 ft
  39. Richland Township, Edmunds County1,420 ft
  40. Clear Lake Township, Edmunds County1,380 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,120 ft at 45.4568° N, 98.7229° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.