Moody County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Moody County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,480 ft on the south side to 1,780 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,780 ft 540 m1,700 ft 520 m1,670 ft 510 m1,590 ft 485 m1,510 ft 460 m1,480 ft 450 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

Moody County averages about 1,630 ft (495 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,480 ft on the south side to 1,780 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,630 ft 495 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,780 ft 540 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
1,480 ft 450 m
on the south side

Moody County spans about 300 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 land1,630 ft495 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,780 ft540 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,480 ft450 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Flandreau.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Moody County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,480 ft on the south side to 1,780 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
6,529 2024 est.
Land area
519.4 sq mi + 1.4 sq mi water
Density
13 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. Brookings County1,720 ft
  2. Pipestone County, MN1,720 ft
  3. Lake County1,720 ft
  4. Moody County1,630 ft
  5. Minnehaha County1,540 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Egan Mounds1,640 ft
All 22 towns in Moody County by typical elevation
  1. Ward1,750 ft
  2. Ward Township1,710 ft
  3. Jefferson Township, Moody County1,700 ft
  4. Colman1,690 ft
  5. Colman Township1,690 ft
  6. Clare Township1,660 ft
  7. Spring Creek Township1,660 ft
  8. Fremont Township1,650 ft
  9. Lone Rock Township1,640 ft
  10. Lynn Township, Moody County1,640 ft
  11. Pleasant Valley Colony1,640 ft
  12. Union Township, Moody County1,630 ft
  13. Egan Township1,620 ft
  14. Grovena Township1,620 ft
  15. Riverview Township1,620 ft
  16. Flandreau Township1,610 ft
  17. Enterprise Township1,580 ft
  18. Blinsmon Township1,570 ft
  19. Alliance Township1,570 ft
  20. Flandreau1,560 ft
  21. Egan1,530 ft
  22. Trent1,510 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.