Pelican Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pelican Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,710 ft on the east side to 1,860 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,860 ft 565 m1,820 ft 555 m1,800 ft 550 m1,760 ft 540 m1,730 ft 525 m1,710 ft 520 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

Pelican Township sits at about 1,740 ft (530 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,740 ft 530 m
most residents: 1,720–1,790 ft
Lowest
1,710 ft 520 m
on the east side
Highest
1,860 ft 565 m
on the south side
Average
1,770 ft 540 m
all land inside township boundaries

Pelican Township spans about 150 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
1,740 ft530 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
1,860 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,710 ft520 m
Airport (ATY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.8 mi northeast of the township boundaries
1,749 ft533 m
Average of all land1,770 ft540 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Pelican Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pelican Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,710 ft on the east side to 1,860 ft on the south side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Codington County, South Dakota, United States
Population
764 2024 est.
Land area
29.7 sq mi + 4.4 sq mi water
Density
26 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.8756° N, 97.1940° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Watertown Regional (ATY) 1,749 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rauville Township1,780 ft
  2. Elmira Township1,780 ft
  3. Fuller Township1,770 ft
  4. Richland Township, Codington County1,760 ft
  5. Oxford Township1,750 ft
  6. Kampeska Township1,750 ft
  7. Lake Township1,750 ft
  8. Pelican Township1,740 ft
  9. Watertown1,740 ft
  10. Sheridan Township1,740 ft
  11. Castlewood Township1,720 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Buffalo Hill2,010 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 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.