Maxwell Colony, SD Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,240 ft 375 m1,220 ft 375 m1,200 ft 365 m1,180 ft 360 m1,170 ft 360 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
Maxwell Colony sits at about 1,190 ft (365 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
1,190 ft 365 m
few residents
Lowest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the east side
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
on the west side
Average
1,200 ft 365 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Maxwell Colony spans about 90 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 1,190 ft365 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 1,260 ft385 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 1,170 ft355 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Maxwell Colony | 1,190 ft365 m |
| Average of all land | 1,200 ft365 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.3 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hutchinson County, South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 254 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Density
- 3,060 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.1822° N, 97.6345° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- James River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 57059
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Molan Township1,430 ft
- Lesterville1,390 ft
- Scotland1,350 ft
- Kassel Township1,340 ft
- Menno1,330 ft
- Capital Township1,290 ft
- Olivet1,220 ft
- Jamesville Township1,210 ft
- Sweet Township1,200 ft
- Maxwell Colony1,190 ft
- Jamesville Colony1,190 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in South Dakota1,339th highest of 1,383
- Towns in Hutchinson Countylowest of 36
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.
- Maxwell 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.