Hanson County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hanson County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,200 ft on the south side to 1,420 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,420 ft 435 m1,370 ft 415 m1,340 ft 410 m1,280 ft 390 m1,220 ft 375 m1,200 ft 365 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hanson County averages about 1,330 ft (405 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,200 ft on the south side to 1,420 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,330 ft 405 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,420 ft 435 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
1,200 ft 365 m
on the south side

Hanson County spans about 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 land1,330 ft405 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,420 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,200 ft365 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Alexandria.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hanson County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,200 ft on the south side to 1,420 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
3,477 2024 est.
Land area
434.6 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
8.0 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. McCook County1,500 ft
  2. Miner County1,490 ft
  3. Hutchinson County1,390 ft
  4. Davison County1,380 ft
  5. Hanson County1,330 ft
  6. Sanborn County1,300 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Medicine Butte (historical), Hanson County1,310 ft
All 20 towns in Hanson County by typical elevation
  1. Farmer1,390 ft
  2. Emery1,380 ft
  3. Pleasant Township, Hanson County1,380 ft
  4. Edgerton Township1,380 ft
  5. Spring Lake Township, Hanson County1,370 ft
  6. Alexandria1,350 ft
  7. Taylor Township1,350 ft
  8. Jasper Township1,350 ft
  9. Fairview Township, Hanson County1,330 ft
  10. Wayne Township, Hanson County1,330 ft
  11. Fulton1,330 ft
  12. Worthen Township1,330 ft
  13. Millbrook Colony1,320 ft
  14. Beulah Township, Hanson County1,310 ft
  15. Oak Lane Colony1,310 ft
  16. Rosedale Township1,310 ft
  17. Plano Township1,300 ft
  18. Hanson Township1,300 ft
  19. Rockport Colony1,250 ft
  20. Rosedale Colony1,250 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.
  • 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.