Pearl Township, Hand County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pearl Township, Hand County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,610 ft on the north side to 1,880 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,880 ft 575 m1,810 ft 555 m1,780 ft 545 m1,710 ft 520 m1,640 ft 500 m1,610 ft 490 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

Pearl Township, Hand County sits at about 1,770 ft (540 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,770 ft 540 m
few residents
Lowest
1,610 ft 490 m
on the north side
Highest
1,880 ft 575 m
on the east side
Average
1,760 ft 535 m
all land inside township boundaries

Pearl Township, Hand County spans about 270 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,770 ft540 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,880 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,610 ft490 m
Airport (MKA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi north of the township boundaries
1,570 ft479 m
Average of all land1,760 ft535 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Pearl Township, Hand County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pearl Township, Hand County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,610 ft on the north side to 1,880 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Hand County, South Dakota, United States
Population
9 2024 est.
Land area
35.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
0.3 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.4212° N, 98.9045° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Cain Creek → James River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Miller Municipal (MKA) 1,570 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rockdale Township1,970 ft
  2. Ohio Township1,950 ft
  3. Hiland Township1,850 ft
  4. Logan Township, Hand County1,790 ft
  5. Pearl Township, Hand County1,770 ft
  6. Miller1,570 ft
  7. Miller Township, Hand County1,570 ft
  8. St. Lawrence1,570 ft
  9. St. Lawrence Township1,550 ft
  10. Hulbert Township1,530 ft
  11. Grand Township1,440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Ree Hills2,150 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the township boundaries; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.