Nisland, SD Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,910 ft 885 m2,880 ft 880 m2,870 ft 875 m2,850 ft 870 m2,830 ft 865 m2,820 ft 860 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Nisland sits at about 2,850 ft (870 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,850 ft 870 m
most residents: 2,850–2,880 ft
Lowest
2,820 ft 860 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,910 ft 885 m
on the northwest side
Average
2,850 ft 870 m
all land inside town limits
Nisland spans about 90 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 | 2,850 ft870 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 2,910 ft885 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 2,820 ft860 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Nisland | 2,850 ft870 m |
| Average of all land | 2,850 ft870 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Butte County, South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 211 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 784 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.6730° N, 103.5535° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Belle Fourche River → Cheyenne River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 57762
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Crook City3,750 ft
- Whitewood3,630 ft
- Sturgis3,510 ft
- St. Onge3,430 ft
- St. Onge Township3,430 ft
- Belle Fourche3,090 ft
- Fruitdale2,950 ft
- Nisland2,850 ft
- Newell2,840 ft
- Vale2,770 ft
- Vale Township2,770 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in South Dakota63rd highest of 1,383
- Towns in Butte County3rd highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Black Elk Peak7,200 ft
- Green Mountain7,160 ft
- Warren Peaks6,650 ft
- Bear Butte4,427 ft
- Twin Buttes, Butte County3,030 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town limits (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, 2,820 ft at 44.6707° N, 103.5512° 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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.