Jerauld County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jerauld County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,300 ft on the east side to 2,060 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
2,060 ft 630 m1,870 ft 570 m1,770 ft 540 m1,580 ft 485 m1,390 ft 425 m1,300 ft 395 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Jerauld County averages about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,300 ft on the east side to 2,060 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,640 ft 500 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,060 ft 630 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,300 ft 395 m
on the east side

Jerauld County spans about 760 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 land1,640 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
2,060 ft630 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,300 ft395 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Wessington Springs.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jerauld County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,300 ft on the east side to 2,060 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
1,689 2024 est.
Land area
526.1 sq mi + 6.5 sq mi water
Density
3.2 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 88%, Great Plains 12%
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. Brule County1,670 ft
  2. Buffalo County1,670 ft
  3. Hand County1,660 ft
  4. Jerauld County1,640 ft
  5. Aurora County1,570 ft
  6. Beadle County1,340 ft
  7. Sanborn County1,300 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Wessington Hills1,930 ft
All 17 towns in Jerauld County by typical elevation
  1. Marlar Township1,920 ft
  2. Harmony Township, Jerauld County1,890 ft
  3. Crow Lake Township1,830 ft
  4. Pleasant Township, Jerauld County1,820 ft
  5. Anina Township1,810 ft
  6. Chery Township1,740 ft
  7. Crow Township1,720 ft
  8. Logan Township, Jerauld County1,710 ft
  9. Spring Valley Colony1,670 ft
  10. Wessington Springs1,640 ft
  11. Wessington Springs Township1,510 ft
  12. Viola Township1,480 ft
  13. Lane1,380 ft
  14. Alpena Township1,350 ft
  15. Franklin Township, Jerauld County1,350 ft
  16. Blaine Township1,330 ft
  17. Alpena1,320 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,300 ft at 44.0179° N, 98.3357° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.