Marvin, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marvin, South Dakota, shaded from 1,540 ft on the northeast side to 1,730 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,730 ft 525 m1,680 ft 510 m1,660 ft 505 m1,610 ft 490 m1,560 ft 475 m1,540 ft 470 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

Marvin sits at about 1,660 ft (505 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,660 ft 505 m
few residents
Lowest
1,540 ft 470 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,730 ft 525 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,660 ft 505 m
all land inside town limits

Marvin spans about 190 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
1,660 ft505 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
1,730 ft525 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
1,540 ft470 m
Town center
USGS map point for Marvin
1,640 ft500 m
Average of all land1,660 ft505 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marvin, South Dakota, shaded from 1,540 ft on the northeast side to 1,730 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Grant County, South Dakota, United States
Population
19 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
35 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.2614° N, 96.9126° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57251
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Summit2,010 ft
  2. Summit Township, Roberts County1,970 ft
  3. Farmington Township, Grant County1,950 ft
  4. Mazeppa Township1,930 ft
  5. Marvin1,660 ft
  6. Osceola Township1,500 ft
  7. Twin Brooks Township1,320 ft
  8. Springdale Township, Roberts County1,290 ft
  9. Twin Brooks1,260 ft
  10. Kilborn Township1,230 ft
  11. Corona1,170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Punished Womans Mound2,080 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.