Orient, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orient, South Dakota, shaded from 1,590 ft on the northeast side to 1,620 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,620 ft 495 m1,620 ft 495 m1,610 ft 490 m1,600 ft 490 m1,600 ft 485 m1,590 ft 485 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Orient sits at about 1,610 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,610 ft 490 m
most residents: 1,600–1,610 ft
Lowest
1,590 ft 485 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,620 ft 495 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,600 ft 490 m
all land inside town limits

Orient spans about 30 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
1,610 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
1,620 ft495 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
1,590 ft485 m
Town center
USGS map point for Orient
1,610 ft490 m
Airport (3FU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.5 mi north of the town limits
1,571 ft479 m
Average of all land1,600 ft490 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orient, South Dakota, shaded from 1,590 ft on the northeast side to 1,620 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Faulk County, South Dakota, United States
Population
51 2024 est.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
173 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.9003° N, 99.0893° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
James River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Faulkton Municipal (3FU) 1,571 ft
ZIP codes 1
57467
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Irving Township1,900 ft
  2. Orient Township1,760 ft
  3. Ontario Township1,690 ft
  4. Orient1,610 ft
  5. Faulkton1,590 ft
  6. Tamworth Township1,580 ft
  7. Arcade Township1,500 ft
  8. Park Township1,490 ft
  9. Lafoon Township1,490 ft
  10. Linn Township1,400 ft
  11. Hillsdale Township1,390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Waters Hill2,030 ft
  • Sugar Loaf Hill1,960 ft
  • Garfield Peak1,552 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).
  • 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.