Perkins County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Perkins County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,850 ft on the southwest side to 3,170 ft on the west side
Elevation
3,170 ft 965 m2,840 ft 865 m2,680 ft 815 m2,350 ft 715 m2,010 ft 615 m1,850 ft 565 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

Perkins County averages about 2,600 ft (795 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,850 ft on the southwest side to 3,170 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
2,600 ft 795 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,170 ft 965 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,850 ft 565 m
on the southwest side

Perkins County spans about 1,320 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land2,600 ft795 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
3,170 ft965 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,850 ft565 m

Elevation profile, south to north

63 mi south to north through Lemmon.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Perkins County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,850 ft on the southwest side to 3,170 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
2,832 2024 est.
Land area
2,870.5 sq mi + 19.5 sq mi water
Density
1.0 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Harding County3,060 ft
  2. Butte County3,010 ft
  3. Meade County2,760 ft
  4. Adams County, ND2,630 ft
  5. Perkins County2,600 ft
  6. Ziebach County2,270 ft
  7. Corson County2,100 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • White Hill3,140 ft
  • Haystack Butte, Perkins County3,010 ft
  • Rocky Hills2,980 ft
  • Wolf Hill, Perkins County2,940 ft
  • Castle Butte2,920 ft
All 43 towns in Perkins County by typical elevation
  1. Strool-Plateau Township2,860 ft
  2. Prairie City2,860 ft
  3. Wells Township2,850 ft
  4. Vail Township2,810 ft
  5. Wilson Township, Perkins County2,810 ft
  6. Scotch Cap Township2,790 ft
  7. Bison2,780 ft
  8. Lodgepole Township2,780 ft
  9. Antelope Township, Perkins County2,770 ft
  10. Bison Township2,760 ft
  11. Vrooman Township2,750 ft
  12. Horse Creek Township2,720 ft
  13. Rainbow Township2,710 ft
  14. Maltby Township2,710 ft
  15. Duell Township2,680 ft
  16. Meadow Township2,660 ft
  17. Beck-Highland Township2,650 ft
  18. Cash Township2,650 ft
  19. Lone Tree Township, Perkins County2,650 ft
  20. Glendo Township2,650 ft
  21. Fredlund Township2,640 ft
  22. Sidney Township2,630 ft
  23. Grand River Township2,600 ft
  24. Chance Township2,600 ft
  25. Lemmon2,570 ft
  26. Ada Township2,570 ft
  27. Barrett Township, Perkins County2,560 ft
  28. Hall Township2,560 ft
  29. Lincoln Township, Perkins County2,560 ft
  30. Liberty Township, Perkins County2,560 ft
  31. Trail Township2,550 ft
  32. Clark Township, Perkins County2,530 ft
  33. Chaudoin Township2,530 ft
  34. Rockford Township2,520 ft
  35. White Butte Township2,510 ft
  36. Marshfield Township2,490 ft
  37. Martin Township2,470 ft
  38. Foster Township, Perkins County2,460 ft
  39. Flat Creek Township2,460 ft
  40. Burdick Township2,440 ft
  41. Moreau Township2,410 ft
  42. Englewood Township2,390 ft
  43. De Witt Township2,280 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.