Marshall County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marshall County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,190 ft on the northeast side to 2,070 ft on Pleasant Peak
Elevation
2,070 ft 630 m1,850 ft 565 m1,740 ft 530 m1,520 ft 465 m1,300 ft 395 m1,190 ft 365 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
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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Marshall County averages about 1,550 ft (470 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,190 ft on the northeast side to 2,070 ft on Pleasant Peak.

Average elevation
1,550 ft 470 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,070 ft 630 m
on Pleasant Peak
Lowest
1,190 ft 365 m
on the northeast side

Marshall County spans about 880 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 land1,550 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Pleasant Peak
2,070 ft630 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,190 ft365 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Britton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marshall County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,190 ft on the northeast side to 2,070 ft on Pleasant Peak
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
4,395 2024 est.
Land area
838.1 sq mi + 48.1 sq mi water
Density
5.2 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 71%, Canada 29%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Day County1,740 ft
  2. Marshall County1,550 ft
  3. Brown County1,340 ft
  4. Roberts County1,330 ft
  5. Sargent County, ND1,250 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pleasant Peak2,070 ft
  • Six Mile Hill1,960 ft
All 35 towns in Marshall County by typical elevation
  1. Red Iron Lake Township1,890 ft
  2. Dumarce Township1,870 ft
  3. Buffalo Township, Marshall County1,870 ft
  4. McKinley Township1,870 ft
  5. Lake City1,850 ft
  6. Eden Township, Marshall County1,840 ft
  7. Lake Township, Marshall County1,830 ft
  8. Eden1,830 ft
  9. Clear Lake, Marshall County1,830 ft
  10. Hamilton Township, Marshall County1,830 ft
  11. Fort Township1,820 ft
  12. Nordland Township1,810 ft
  13. Wismer Township1,780 ft
  14. La Belle Township1,760 ft
  15. Sisseton Township, Marshall County1,740 ft
  16. Victor Township, Marshall County1,520 ft
  17. Waverly Township, Marshall County1,450 ft
  18. Hickman Township1,380 ft
  19. Pleasant Valley Township1,370 ft
  20. Langford1,370 ft
  21. Britton1,360 ft
  22. Miller Township1,330 ft
  23. Lowell Township1,320 ft
  24. Stena Township1,310 ft
  25. Sunset Colony1,310 ft
  26. Newport Township1,310 ft
  27. Dayton Township, Marshall County1,310 ft
  28. Weston Township1,310 ft
  29. Westwood Colony1,310 ft
  30. Newport Colony1,300 ft
  31. Newark Township1,300 ft
  32. Kidder1,290 ft
  33. White Township1,290 ft
  34. Veblen1,280 ft
  35. Veblen Township1,260 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.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 2,080 ft at 45.6646° N, 97.2479° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.