Minnehaha County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,230 ft on the northeast side to 1,820 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,820 ft 555 m1,680 ft 510 m1,600 ft 490 m1,450 ft 445 m1,310 ft 400 m1,230 ft 375 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Minnehaha County averages about 1,540 ft (470 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,230 ft on the northeast side to 1,820 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,540 ft 470 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,820 ft 555 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,230 ft 375 m
on the northeast side

Minnehaha County spans about 590 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 land1,540 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,820 ft555 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,230 ft375 m

Elevation profile, west to east

34 mi west to east through Sioux Falls.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,230 ft on the northeast side to 1,820 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
208,639 2024 est.
Land area
806.9 sq mi + 7.0 sq mi water
Density
259 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. Moody County1,630 ft
  3. Minnehaha County1,540 ft
  4. Rock County, MN1,540 ft
  5. McCook County1,500 ft
  6. Lyon County, IA1,410 ft
  7. Turner County1,380 ft
  8. Lincoln County1,380 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 40 towns in Minnehaha County by typical elevation
  1. Humboldt1,690 ft
  2. Clear Lake Township, Minnehaha County1,690 ft
  3. Buffalo Township1,690 ft
  4. Humboldt Township1,660 ft
  5. Taopi Township1,630 ft
  6. Colton1,610 ft
  7. Burk Township1,610 ft
  8. Grand Meadow Township1,590 ft
  9. Hartford1,580 ft
  10. Wall Lake Township1,580 ft
  11. Logan Township1,580 ft
  12. Lyons Township1,570 ft
  13. Crooks1,570 ft
  14. Hartford Township1,570 ft
  15. Wellington Township1,560 ft
  16. Dell Rapids Township1,560 ft
  17. Highland Township, Minnehaha County1,550 ft
  18. Benton Township1,550 ft
  19. Lyons1,550 ft
  20. Dell Rapids1,540 ft
  21. Palisade Township1,530 ft
  22. Baltic1,520 ft
  23. Garretson1,520 ft
  24. Sverdrup Township1,510 ft
  25. Edison Township1,510 ft
  26. Sherman1,500 ft
  27. Wayne Township1,490 ft
  28. Meadow View Addition1,490 ft
  29. Sioux Falls1,480 ft
  30. Mapleton Township1,480 ft
  31. Anderson1,470 ft
  32. Renner Corner1,460 ft
  33. Red Rock Township1,450 ft
  34. Brandon Township1,440 ft
  35. Valley Springs Township1,420 ft
  36. Split Rock Township1,420 ft
  37. Rowena1,400 ft
  38. Pine Lakes Addition1,400 ft
  39. Valley Springs1,390 ft
  40. Brandon1,350 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, 1,130 ft at 43.5532° N, 96.7776° 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.