Horse Creek, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Horse Creek, South Dakota, shaded from 1,990 ft on the west side to 2,200 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,200 ft 670 m2,150 ft 655 m2,120 ft 645 m2,070 ft 630 m2,020 ft 615 m1,990 ft 610 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Horse Creek sits at about 2,050 ft (625 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,050 ft 625 m
most residents: 2,000–2,090 ft
Lowest
1,990 ft 610 m
on the west side
Highest
2,200 ft 670 m
on the east side
Average
2,040 ft 620 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Horse Creek spans about 210 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
2,050 ft625 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
2,200 ft670 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,990 ft610 m
Average of all land2,040 ft620 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the middle of Horse Creek.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Horse Creek, South Dakota, shaded from 1,990 ft on the west side to 2,200 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mellette County, South Dakota, United States
Population
187 2020 Census
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
197 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.5366° N, 100.7387° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
White River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57579
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mission2,580 ft
  2. Surprise Valley Township2,520 ft
  3. Soldier Creek2,430 ft
  4. New Surprise Valley Township2,390 ft
  5. Fairview Township, Mellette County2,370 ft
  6. Running Bird Township2,300 ft
  7. Wood2,150 ft
  8. White River2,120 ft
  9. Cody Township2,080 ft
  10. Mullen Township2,070 ft
  11. Horse Creek2,050 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Table Butte2,660 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Horse Creek is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.