Molan Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Molan Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,270 ft on the southwest side to 1,640 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,640 ft 500 m1,550 ft 475 m1,500 ft 460 m1,410 ft 430 m1,320 ft 400 m1,270 ft 390 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Molan Township sits at about 1,430 ft (435 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,430 ft 435 m
most residents: 1,320–1,540 ft
Lowest
1,270 ft 390 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,440 ft 440 m
all land inside township boundaries

Molan Township spans about 370 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,430 ft435 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,640 ft500 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,270 ft390 m
Average of all land1,440 ft440 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Molan Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Molan Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,270 ft on the southwest side to 1,640 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Hutchinson County, South Dakota, United States
Population
124 2024 est.
Land area
36.0 sq mi
Density
3.4 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.2198° N, 97.4490° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Salem Township, Turner County1,620 ft
  2. Valley Township, Hutchinson County1,550 ft
  3. Spring Valley Township, Turner County1,510 ft
  4. Childstown Township1,490 ft
  5. Molan Township1,430 ft
  6. Mayfield Township1,420 ft
  7. Kassel Township1,340 ft
  8. Menno1,330 ft
  9. Jamesville Township1,210 ft
  10. Sweet Township1,200 ft
  11. Jamesville Colony1,190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 1,270 ft at 43.1810° N, 97.5174° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.