Long Lake Colony, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation
1,500 ft 455 m1,490 ft 455 m1,490 ft 455 m1,480 ft 450 m1,470 ft 450 m1,460 ft 445 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Long Lake Colony sits at about 1,470 ft (450 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
1,470 ft 450 m
few residents
Lowest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the south side
Highest
1,480 ft 450 m
on the west side
Average
1,470 ft 450 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Long Lake Colony is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 1,470 ft450 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 1,480 ft450 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 1,460 ft445 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Long Lake Colony | 1,480 ft450 m |
| Average of all land | 1,470 ft450 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in McPherson County, South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 8 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 12 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.6066° N, 98.8195° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Snake Creek → James River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 57481
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Leola1,590 ft
- Plainview Colony1,580 ft
- Rosette Township1,580 ft
- Deerfield Colony1,500 ft
- Belle Township1,490 ft
- Grassland Colony1,480 ft
- Long Lake Colony1,470 ft
- Wetonka1,470 ft
- Pembrook Township1,460 ft
- Carlisle Township1,440 ft
- Ravinia Township1,390 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in South Dakota881st highest of 1,383
- Towns in McPherson County11th highest of 12
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Crows Nest (historical)1,470 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; 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 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.
- Long Lake Colony 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.