Hutchinson County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hutchinson County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,170 ft on the southeast side to 1,900 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,900 ft 580 m1,720 ft 525 m1,630 ft 495 m1,450 ft 440 m1,260 ft 385 m1,170 ft 355 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hutchinson County averages about 1,390 ft (425 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,170 ft on the southeast side to 1,900 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,390 ft 425 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,900 ft 580 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the southeast side

Hutchinson County spans about 730 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 land1,390 ft425 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,900 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,170 ft355 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Parkston.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hutchinson County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,170 ft on the southeast side to 1,900 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
7,416 2024 est.
Land area
813.0 sq mi + 1.4 sq mi water
Density
9.1 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. Charles Mix County1,560 ft
  2. Douglas County1,560 ft
  3. McCook County1,500 ft
  4. Bon Homme County1,440 ft
  5. Hutchinson County1,390 ft
  6. Turner County1,380 ft
  7. Davison County1,380 ft
  8. Yankton County1,330 ft
  9. Hanson County1,330 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 36 towns in Hutchinson County by typical elevation
  1. Oak Hollow Township1,670 ft
  2. Valley Township, Hutchinson County1,550 ft
  3. Tripp1,550 ft
  4. Freeman1,520 ft
  5. Kulm Township1,510 ft
  6. Grandview Township1,460 ft
  7. Fair Township1,460 ft
  8. Silver Lake Township1,440 ft
  9. German Township1,440 ft
  10. Susquehanna Township1,440 ft
  11. Molan Township1,430 ft
  12. Starr Township1,400 ft
  13. Parkston1,400 ft
  14. Kaylor1,390 ft
  15. Liberty Township1,380 ft
  16. Pleasant Township, Hutchinson County1,380 ft
  17. Dimock1,370 ft
  18. Kaylor Township1,370 ft
  19. Kassel Township1,340 ft
  20. Cross Plains Township1,340 ft
  21. Menno1,330 ft
  22. Sharon Township1,330 ft
  23. Wittenberg Township1,320 ft
  24. Clayton Township1,320 ft
  25. Wolf Creek Township1,310 ft
  26. Old Elm Spring Colony1,310 ft
  27. Foster Township1,310 ft
  28. Milltown Township1,310 ft
  29. New Elm Spring Colony1,300 ft
  30. Tschetter Colony1,300 ft
  31. Capital Township1,290 ft
  32. Milltown1,290 ft
  33. Wolf Creek Colony1,260 ft
  34. Olivet1,220 ft
  35. Sweet Township1,200 ft
  36. Maxwell Colony1,190 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.