Haakon County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Haakon County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,610 ft on the northeast side to 2,830 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,830 ft 860 m2,520 ft 770 m2,370 ft 725 m2,070 ft 630 m1,770 ft 540 m1,610 ft 490 m
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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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Haakon County averages about 2,290 ft (695 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,610 ft on the northeast side to 2,830 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
2,290 ft 695 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,830 ft 860 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,610 ft 490 m
on the northeast side

Haakon County spans about 1,220 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 land2,290 ft695 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,830 ft860 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,610 ft490 m

Elevation profile, west to east

48 mi west to east through Philip.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Haakon County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,610 ft on the northeast side to 2,830 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
1,834 2024 est.
Land area
1,810.5 sq mi + 16.4 sq mi water
Density
1.0 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Pennington County3,560 ft
  2. Meade County2,760 ft
  3. Jackson County2,530 ft
  4. Haakon County2,290 ft
  5. Ziebach County2,270 ft
  6. Jones County2,070 ft
  7. Stanley County1,890 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Grindstone Butte2,688 ft
  • Stony Butte, Haakon County2,210 ft
All 2 towns in Haakon County by typical elevation
  1. Philip2,210 ft
  2. Midland1,890 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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.