Faith, SD Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,610 ft 795 m2,580 ft 790 m2,570 ft 785 m2,540 ft 775 m2,510 ft 765 m2,500 ft 760 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Faith sits at about 2,580 ft (785 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,580 ft 785 m
most residents: 2,550–2,600 ft
Lowest
2,500 ft 760 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,610 ft 795 m
on the northwest side
Average
2,560 ft 780 m
all land inside city limits
Faith 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,580 ft785 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 2,610 ft795 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 2,500 ft760 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Faith | 2,600 ft790 m |
| Airport (D07) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.2 mi northeast of the city limits | 2,584 ft788 m |
| Average of all land | 2,560 ft780 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Meade County, South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 354 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 277 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.0230° N, 102.0360° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Moreau River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Faith Municipal (D07) 2,584 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 57626
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Chance Township2,600 ft
- Faith2,580 ft
- Ada Township2,570 ft
- Chaudoin Township2,530 ft
- Union Township, Meade County2,480 ft
- Martin Township2,470 ft
- Foster Township, Perkins County2,460 ft
- Howard Township, Meade County2,440 ft
- Moreau Township2,410 ft
- Englewood Township2,390 ft
- Dupree2,370 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in South Dakota117th highest of 1,383
- Towns in Meade County11th highest of 16
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Flint Rock Hill (historical)2,740 ft
- Arrowhead Butte2,661 ft
- Rattlesnake Butte, Ziebach County2,550 ft
- Stony Butte, Meade County2,540 ft
- Bessie Butte2,470 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.