McCook County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McCook County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,300 ft on the southwest side to 1,870 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,870 ft 570 m1,730 ft 525 m1,660 ft 505 m1,520 ft 460 m1,380 ft 420 m1,300 ft 400 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

McCook County averages about 1,500 ft (460 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,300 ft on the southwest side to 1,870 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,500 ft 460 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,870 ft 570 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
1,300 ft 400 m
on the southwest side

McCook County spans about 570 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 land1,500 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,870 ft570 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,300 ft400 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Salem.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McCook County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,300 ft on the southwest side to 1,870 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
5,771 2024 est.
Land area
574.2 sq mi + 2.7 sq mi water
Density
10 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. Lake County1,720 ft
  2. Minnehaha County1,540 ft
  3. McCook County1,500 ft
  4. Miner County1,490 ft
  5. Hutchinson County1,390 ft
  6. Turner County1,380 ft
  7. Hanson County1,330 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 23 towns in McCook County by typical elevation
  1. Ramsey Township1,740 ft
  2. Orland Colony1,730 ft
  3. Brookfield Township1,600 ft
  4. Richland Township, McCook County1,560 ft
  5. Montrose Township1,550 ft
  6. Canistota1,550 ft
  7. Sun Prairie Township1,540 ft
  8. Canistota Township1,530 ft
  9. Salem1,520 ft
  10. Greenland Township1,500 ft
  11. Salem Township1,500 ft
  12. Golden View Colony1,490 ft
  13. Grant Township, McCook County1,490 ft
  14. Montrose1,490 ft
  15. Spring Valley Township1,480 ft
  16. Emery Township1,460 ft
  17. Union Township1,450 ft
  18. Benton Township, McCook County1,440 ft
  19. Pearl Township1,430 ft
  20. Bridgewater1,420 ft
  21. Jefferson Township, McCook County1,410 ft
  22. Bridgewater Township1,390 ft
  23. Spencer1,380 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,300 ft at 43.5021° N, 97.5446° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.