Jefferson Township, McCook County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson Township, McCook County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,340 ft on the southwest side to 1,460 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,460 ft 445 m1,430 ft 435 m1,420 ft 430 m1,380 ft 420 m1,350 ft 415 m1,340 ft 410 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.
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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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Jefferson Township, McCook County sits at about 1,410 ft (430 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,410 ft 430 m
most residents: 1,380–1,440 ft
Lowest
1,340 ft 410 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,420 ft 430 m
all land inside township boundaries

Jefferson Township, McCook County spans about 120 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
1,410 ft430 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,460 ft445 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,340 ft410 m
Average of all land1,420 ft430 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Jefferson Township, McCook County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jefferson Township, McCook County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,340 ft on the southwest side to 1,460 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in McCook County, South Dakota, United States
Population
95 2024 est.
Land area
35.4 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
2.7 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.6227° N, 97.5378° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
James River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Salem Township1,500 ft
  2. Golden View Colony1,490 ft
  3. Emery Township1,460 ft
  4. Benton Township, McCook County1,440 ft
  5. Bridgewater1,420 ft
  6. Jefferson Township, McCook County1,410 ft
  7. Bridgewater Township1,390 ft
  8. Emery1,380 ft
  9. Pleasant Township, Hanson County1,380 ft
  10. Spencer1,380 ft
  11. Taylor Township1,350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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); BTS time zones. All public domain.