Grand Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grand Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,380 ft on the southeast side to 1,730 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,730 ft 530 m1,650 ft 500 m1,600 ft 490 m1,510 ft 460 m1,430 ft 435 m1,380 ft 420 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

Grand Township sits at about 1,440 ft (440 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,440 ft 440 m
few residents
Lowest
1,380 ft 420 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,730 ft 530 m
on the west side
Average
1,450 ft 445 m
all land inside township boundaries

Grand Township spans about 350 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,440 ft440 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,730 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,380 ft420 m
Average of all land1,450 ft445 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Grand Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grand Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,380 ft on the southeast side to 1,730 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Hand County, South Dakota, United States
Population
47 2024 est.
Land area
37.3 sq mi
Density
1.3 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.4800° N, 98.7346° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Cain Creek → James 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. Pearl Township, Hand County1,770 ft
  2. St. Lawrence1,570 ft
  3. St. Lawrence Township1,550 ft
  4. Hulbert Township1,530 ft
  5. Grand Township1,440 ft
  6. Wessington1,420 ft
  7. Wessington Township1,410 ft
  8. Gilbert Township1,400 ft
  9. Whiteside Township1,400 ft
  10. Nance Township1,360 ft
  11. Allen Township1,340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the township boundaries; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.