Elkton Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elkton Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,680 ft on the northwest side to 1,790 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,790 ft 545 m1,770 ft 540 m1,750 ft 535 m1,720 ft 525 m1,690 ft 515 m1,680 ft 510 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Elkton Township sits at about 1,740 ft (530 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,740 ft 530 m
most residents: 1,710–1,760 ft
Lowest
1,680 ft 510 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,730 ft 525 m
all land inside township boundaries

Elkton Township spans about 110 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
1,740 ft530 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,790 ft545 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,680 ft510 m
Average of all land1,730 ft525 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.7 mi west to east through the middle of Elkton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elkton Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,680 ft on the northwest side to 1,790 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States
Population
114 2024 est.
Land area
20.3 sq mi
Density
5.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.2479° N, 96.4958° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Drammen Township, MN1,910 ft
  2. Richland Township1,840 ft
  3. Verdi Township, MN1,820 ft
  4. Ward1,750 ft
  5. Elkton1,750 ft
  6. Rolland Colony1,750 ft
  7. Elkton Township1,740 ft
  8. Alton Township1,720 ft
  9. Ward Township1,710 ft
  10. Newdale Colony1,700 ft
  11. Parnell Township1,690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); BTS time zones. All public domain.