Plain Center Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plain Center Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,430 ft on the northwest side to 1,860 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,860 ft 570 m1,750 ft 535 m1,700 ft 520 m1,590 ft 485 m1,490 ft 455 m1,430 ft 435 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

Plain Center Township sits at about 1,490 ft (455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,490 ft 455 m
most residents: 1,470–1,680 ft
Lowest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,860 ft 565 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,510 ft 460 m
all land inside township boundaries

Plain Center Township spans about 430 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
1,490 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,860 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,430 ft435 m
Airport (AGZ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi southeast of the township boundaries
1,478 ft450 m
Average of all land1,510 ft460 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Plain Center Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plain Center Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,430 ft on the northwest side to 1,860 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Charles Mix County, South Dakota, United States
Population
121 2024 est.
Land area
35.2 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
3.4 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.1183° N, 98.4169° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Choteau Creek → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Wagner Municipal (AGZ) 1,478 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lakeview Colony1,520 ft
  2. White Swan Township1,510 ft
  3. Ravinia1,500 ft
  4. Plain Center Township1,490 ft
  5. Lake Andes1,480 ft
  6. Pickstown1,470 ft
  7. Lawrence Township1,470 ft
  8. Highland Township1,450 ft
  9. Howard Township1,450 ft
  10. Wagner1,440 ft
  11. Bryan Township1,420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Scalp Butte1,890 ft
  • Sunrise Hill1,410 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.