Perry Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Perry Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,320 ft on the southwest side to 1,480 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,480 ft 450 m1,440 ft 440 m1,420 ft 430 m1,380 ft 420 m1,340 ft 405 m1,320 ft 400 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.
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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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Perry Township sits at about 1,400 ft (425 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,400 ft 425 m
most residents: 1,340–1,470 ft
Lowest
1,320 ft 400 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,480 ft 450 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,390 ft 425 m
all land inside township boundaries

Perry Township spans about 160 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
1,400 ft425 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,480 ft450 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,320 ft400 m
Airport (FSD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi northeast of the township boundaries
1,430 ft436 m
Average of all land1,390 ft425 m

Elevation profile, south to north

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Perry Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,320 ft on the southwest side to 1,480 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States
Population
847 2024 est.
Land area
34.5 sq mi
Density
25 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.3958° N, 96.8561° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Joe Foss Field (FSD) 1,430 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tea1,490 ft
  2. Home Township1,490 ft
  3. Delapre Township1,470 ft
  4. La Valley Township1,410 ft
  5. Perry Township1,400 ft
  6. Germantown Township1,370 ft
  7. Chancellor1,360 ft
  8. Worthing1,360 ft
  9. Lynn Township1,340 ft
  10. Lennox1,340 ft
  11. Grant Township1,300 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Canton Mounds1,450 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,320 ft at 43.3468° N, 96.9060° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.