Lake City, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake City, South Dakota, shaded from 1,830 ft on the northwest side to 1,880 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,880 ft 575 m1,870 ft 570 m1,860 ft 565 m1,850 ft 565 m1,830 ft 560 m1,830 ft 555 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lake City sits at about 1,850 ft (565 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,850 ft 565 m
few residents
Lowest
1,830 ft 555 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,880 ft 575 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,850 ft 565 m
all land inside town limits

Lake City 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
1,850 ft565 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
1,880 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
1,830 ft555 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lake City
1,860 ft570 m
Average of all land1,850 ft565 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake City, South Dakota, shaded from 1,830 ft on the northwest side to 1,880 ft on the northeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States
Population
45 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
205 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.7252° N, 97.4145° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
James River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57247
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Red Iron Lake Township1,890 ft
  2. Dumarce Township1,870 ft
  3. McKinley Township1,870 ft
  4. Lake City1,850 ft
  5. Eden Township, Marshall County1,840 ft
  6. Lake Township, Marshall County1,830 ft
  7. Eden1,830 ft
  8. Clear Lake, Marshall County1,830 ft
  9. Hamilton Township, Marshall County1,830 ft
  10. Wismer Township1,780 ft
  11. La Belle Township1,760 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pleasant Peak2,070 ft
  • Six Mile Hill1,960 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the town limits; 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 town limits (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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.