Miner County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Miner County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,300 ft on the southwest side to 1,800 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,800 ft 550 m1,680 ft 510 m1,610 ft 490 m1,490 ft 455 m1,370 ft 415 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

Miner County averages about 1,490 ft (455 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,300 ft on the southwest side to 1,800 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,490 ft 455 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,800 ft 550 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
1,300 ft 400 m
on the southwest side

Miner County spans about 500 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 land1,490 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,800 ft550 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 Howard.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Miner County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,300 ft on the southwest side to 1,800 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
2,303 2024 est.
Land area
570.2 sq mi + 1.8 sq mi water
Density
4.0 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. Kingsbury County1,670 ft
  3. McCook County1,500 ft
  4. Miner County1,490 ft
  5. Hanson County1,330 ft
  6. Sanborn County1,300 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 24 towns in Miner County by typical elevation
  1. Belleview Township1,720 ft
  2. Henden Township1,660 ft
  3. Cloverleaf Colony1,630 ft
  4. Shannon Colony1,630 ft
  5. Clearwater Township1,610 ft
  6. Grafton Township1,610 ft
  7. Vermillion Township, Miner County1,590 ft
  8. Howard1,570 ft
  9. Adams Township, Miner County1,560 ft
  10. Howard Township, Miner County1,540 ft
  11. Canova1,530 ft
  12. Vilas1,470 ft
  13. Canova Township1,470 ft
  14. Carthage Township1,460 ft
  15. Green Valley Township1,430 ft
  16. Carthage1,430 ft
  17. Roswell Township1,400 ft
  18. Roswell1,400 ft
  19. Redstone Township1,380 ft
  20. Rock Creek Township1,370 ft
  21. Miner Township1,360 ft
  22. Fedora1,360 ft
  23. Clinton Township1,350 ft
  24. Beaver Township1,340 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.
  • 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.