Oglala, SD Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,410 ft 1,040 m3,290 ft 1,000 m3,220 ft 985 m3,100 ft 945 m2,970 ft 905 m2,910 ft 885 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Oglala sits at about 3,030 ft (925 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,030 ft 925 m
most residents: 2,970–3,170 ft
Lowest
2,910 ft 885 m
on the west side
Highest
3,410 ft 1,040 m
on the east side
Average
3,070 ft 935 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Oglala spans about 500 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 | 3,030 ft925 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 3,410 ft1,040 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 2,910 ft885 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Oglala | 3,000 ft915 m |
| Average of all land | 3,070 ft935 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
5.7 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,030 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.4 °F96.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
90% of sea level
26.8 inHg (90.7 kPa): each breath holds 10% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 1,282 2020 Census
- Land area
- 12.5 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
- Density
- 103 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.1886° N, 102.7396° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- White River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 57764
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Batesland3,400 ft
- Chadron, NE3,400 ft
- Oelrichs3,370 ft
- White Clay, NE3,290 ft
- Wounded Knee3,280 ft
- Smithwick3,280 ft
- Manderson-White Horse Creek3,280 ft
- Pine Ridge3,260 ft
- Porcupine3,100 ft
- Oglala3,030 ft
- Oral2,960 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in South Dakota52nd highest of 1,383
- Towns in Oglala Lakota County6th highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Black Elk Peak7,200 ft
- Slim Butte3,610 ft
- Lone Butte3,470 ft
- Hay Canyon Butte3,430 ft
- Red Dog Table3,100 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Oglala is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.