Morton Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morton Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,800 ft on the northeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,910 ft 580 m1,880 ft 575 m1,870 ft 570 m1,840 ft 560 m1,810 ft 555 m1,800 ft 550 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Morton Township sits at about 1,820 ft (555 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,820 ft 555 m
most residents: 1,810–1,870 ft
Lowest
1,800 ft 550 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,910 ft 580 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,820 ft 555 m
all land inside township boundaries

Morton Township spans about 110 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
1,820 ft555 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,910 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,800 ft550 m
Airport (1D7)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi west of the township boundaries
1,858 ft566 m
Average of all land1,820 ft555 m

Elevation profile, south to north

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morton Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,800 ft on the northeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Day County, South Dakota, United States
Population
74 2024 est.
Land area
35.5 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
2.1 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.2981° N, 97.4356° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Bitter Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
The Sigurd Anderson (1D7) 1,858 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Highland Township, Day County1,860 ft
  2. Webster1,850 ft
  3. Egeland Township1,830 ft
  4. Webster Township1,830 ft
  5. Rusk Township1,820 ft
  6. Waubay1,820 ft
  7. Wheatland Township1,820 ft
  8. Morton Township1,820 ft
  9. Racine Township1,810 ft
  10. Central Point Township1,810 ft
  11. Grenville Township1,810 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).
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.