Lake Poinsett, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Poinsett, South Dakota, shaded from 1,640 ft on the southeast side to 1,740 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,740 ft 530 m1,720 ft 525 m1,710 ft 520 m1,680 ft 510 m1,660 ft 505 m1,640 ft 500 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Lake Poinsett sits at about 1,710 ft (520 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,710 ft 520 m
most residents: 1,670–1,740 ft
Lowest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,740 ft 530 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,680 ft 510 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Lake Poinsett spans about 100 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
1,710 ft520 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,740 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,640 ft500 m
Average of all land1,680 ft510 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.6 mi south to north through the middle of Lake Poinsett.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Poinsett, South Dakota, shaded from 1,640 ft on the southeast side to 1,740 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hamlin and Brookings counties, South Dakota, United States
Population
501 2020 Census
Land area
5.0 sq mi + 12.8 sq mi water
Density
101 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.5946° N, 97.0815° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
57212 57234 57248
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dempster Township1,730 ft
  2. Hayti Township1,720 ft
  3. Badger Township1,710 ft
  4. Florence Township1,710 ft
  5. Lake Poinsett1,710 ft
  6. Norden Township1,690 ft
  7. Hayti1,690 ft
  8. Laketon Township1,690 ft
  9. Estelline Township1,680 ft
  10. Lake Norden1,680 ft
  11. Estelline1,660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
  • Lake Poinsett 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.