Kingsbury County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kingsbury County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,340 ft on the southwest side to 1,890 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,890 ft 575 m1,750 ft 535 m1,680 ft 515 m1,550 ft 470 m1,410 ft 430 m1,340 ft 410 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

Kingsbury County averages about 1,670 ft (510 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,340 ft on the southwest side to 1,890 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,670 ft 510 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,890 ft 575 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
1,340 ft 410 m
on the southwest side

Kingsbury County spans about 550 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 land1,670 ft510 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,890 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,340 ft410 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through De Smet.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kingsbury County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,340 ft on the southwest side to 1,890 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
5,261 2024 est.
Land area
832.2 sq mi + 31.5 sq mi water
Density
6.3 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Hamlin County1,740 ft
  2. Brookings County1,720 ft
  3. Clark County1,720 ft
  4. Lake County1,720 ft
  5. Kingsbury County1,670 ft
  6. Miner County1,490 ft
  7. Beadle County1,340 ft
  8. Sanborn County1,300 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 23 towns in Kingsbury County by typical elevation
  1. Erwin1,860 ft
  2. Arlington1,830 ft
  3. Hartland Township1,810 ft
  4. Denver Township1,790 ft
  5. Spring Lake Colony1,770 ft
  6. Spring Lake Township1,770 ft
  7. Spirit Lake Township1,750 ft
  8. Badger1,730 ft
  9. Hetland1,730 ft
  10. De Smet Township1,730 ft
  11. Oldham1,720 ft
  12. De Smet1,720 ft
  13. Baker Township1,720 ft
  14. Lake Preston1,720 ft
  15. Badger Township1,710 ft
  16. Whitewood Township1,710 ft
  17. Mathews Township1,650 ft
  18. Manchester Township1,570 ft
  19. Bancroft1,560 ft
  20. Le Sueur Township1,500 ft
  21. Iroquois Township1,460 ft
  22. Esmond Township1,440 ft
  23. Iroquois1,400 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, 1,340 ft at 44.1996° N, 97.8199° 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.