Murdo, SD Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,340 ft 715 m2,310 ft 705 m2,300 ft 700 m2,270 ft 695 m2,250 ft 685 m2,230 ft 680 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Murdo sits at about 2,310 ft (705 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,310 ft 705 m
most residents: 2,270–2,330 ft
Lowest
2,230 ft 680 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,340 ft 715 m
on the east side
Average
2,300 ft 700 m
all land inside city limits
Murdo 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,310 ft705 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 2,340 ft715 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 2,230 ft680 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Murdo | 2,320 ft705 m |
| Airport (8F6) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.2 mi south of the city limits | 2,270 ft692 m |
| Average of all land | 2,300 ft700 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Jones County, South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 464 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 738 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.8883° N, 100.7129° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- White River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Murdo Municipal (8F6) 2,270 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 57559
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Murdo2,310 ft
- Draper2,240 ft
- Okaton2,230 ft
- Okaton Township2,210 ft
- Draper Township2,200 ft
- Buffalo Township, Jones County2,200 ft
- Dunkel Township2,150 ft
- Scovil Township2,150 ft
- Mullen Township2,070 ft
- Kolls Township2,070 ft
- Zickrick Township1,950 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in South Dakota183rd highest of 1,383
- Towns in Jones Countyhighest of 14
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- White Clay Butte2,517 ft
- Flat Top Butte, Jones County2,272 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.