Lincoln County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lincoln County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,170 ft on the southeast side to 1,570 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,570 ft 480 m1,470 ft 445 m1,420 ft 430 m1,320 ft 400 m1,220 ft 370 m1,170 ft 355 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

Lincoln County averages about 1,380 ft (420 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,170 ft on the southeast side to 1,570 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
1,380 ft 420 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,570 ft 480 m
on the south side
Lowest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the southeast side

Lincoln County spans about 400 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 land1,380 ft420 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,570 ft480 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,170 ft355 m

Elevation profile, south to north

29 mi south to north through Harrisburg.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lincoln County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,170 ft on the southeast side to 1,570 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
75,244 2024 est.
Land area
577.3 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
130 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Minnehaha County1,540 ft
  2. Lyon County, IA1,410 ft
  3. Turner County1,380 ft
  4. Lincoln County1,380 ft
  5. Sioux County, IA1,370 ft
  6. Union County1,240 ft
  7. Clay County1,230 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Canton Mounds1,450 ft
All 26 towns in Lincoln County by typical elevation
  1. Beresford partly1,500 ft
  2. Tea1,490 ft
  3. Sioux Falls partly1,480 ft
  4. Delapre Township1,470 ft
  5. Pleasant Township1,460 ft
  6. Highland Township, Lincoln County1,460 ft
  7. Norway Township1,460 ft
  8. Harrisburg1,420 ft
  9. La Valley Township1,410 ft
  10. Fairview Township, Lincoln County1,400 ft
  11. Perry Township1,400 ft
  12. Springdale Township1,390 ft
  13. Lincoln Township, Lincoln County1,380 ft
  14. Dayton Township1,370 ft
  15. Shindler1,370 ft
  16. Worthing1,360 ft
  17. Lynn Township1,340 ft
  18. Lennox1,340 ft
  19. Canton Township1,300 ft
  20. Brooklyn Township1,300 ft
  21. Eden Township1,300 ft
  22. Grant Township1,300 ft
  23. Canton1,280 ft
  24. Delaware Township1,270 ft
  25. Fairview1,230 ft
  26. Hudson1,220 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.
  • 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.