Highland Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,330 ft on the west side to 1,860 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,860 ft 565 m1,730 ft 525 m1,660 ft 505 m1,530 ft 465 m1,400 ft 425 m1,330 ft 405 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.
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Highland Township sits at about 1,450 ft (445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,450 ft 445 m
most residents: 1,450–1,820 ft
Lowest
1,330 ft 405 m
on the west side
Highest
1,860 ft 565 m
on the north side
Average
1,610 ft 490 m
all land inside township boundaries

Highland Township spans about 530 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
1,450 ft445 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,860 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,330 ft405 m
Airport (AGZ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.6 mi northeast of the township boundaries
1,478 ft450 m
Average of all land1,610 ft490 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.1 mi south to north through the middle of Highland Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,330 ft on the west side to 1,860 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Charles Mix County, South Dakota, United States
Population
804 2024 est.
Land area
36.4 sq mi
Density
22 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.0148° N, 98.4417° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Wagner Municipal (AGZ) 1,478 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gross, NE1,770 ft
  2. Mullen Township, NE1,620 ft
  3. Ravinia1,500 ft
  4. Plain Center Township1,490 ft
  5. Wahehe Township1,480 ft
  6. Pickstown1,470 ft
  7. Lawrence Township1,470 ft
  8. Ree Township1,460 ft
  9. Marty1,450 ft
  10. Highland Township1,450 ft
  11. Wagner1,440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Scalp Butte1,890 ft
  • Sunrise Hill1,410 ft
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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.