Ideal, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ideal, South Dakota, shaded from 1,860 ft on the southeast side to 1,910 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,910 ft 580 m1,900 ft 580 m1,890 ft 575 m1,880 ft 575 m1,870 ft 570 m1,860 ft 570 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

Ideal sits at about 1,890 ft (575 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,890 ft 575 m
few residents
Lowest
1,860 ft 570 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,910 ft 580 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,890 ft 575 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Ideal spans about 50 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,890 ft575 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,910 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,860 ft570 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ideal
1,890 ft575 m
Average of all land1,890 ft575 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ideal, South Dakota, shaded from 1,860 ft on the southeast side to 1,910 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Tripp County, South Dakota, United States
Population
86 2020 Census
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
167 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.5433° N, 99.9215° 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
57541
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. New Witten1,980 ft
  2. Witten Township1,960 ft
  3. Banner Township, Tripp County1,910 ft
  4. Brunson Township1,890 ft
  5. Lone Tree Township, Tripp County1,890 ft
  6. Ideal1,890 ft
  7. Ideal Township1,890 ft
  8. King Township1,880 ft
  9. Greenwood Township1,810 ft
  10. Star Valley Township, Tripp County1,800 ft
  11. Lone Star Township1,800 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bradleyon Butte2,330 ft
  • Miller Hill2,300 ft
  • Rattlesnake Butte, Tripp County2,280 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Ideal 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.