Plummer Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plummer Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,560 ft on the west side to 1,870 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,870 ft 570 m1,790 ft 545 m1,750 ft 535 m1,680 ft 510 m1,600 ft 485 m1,560 ft 475 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

Plummer Township sits at about 1,700 ft (520 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,700 ft 520 m
few residents
Lowest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the west side
Highest
1,870 ft 570 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,710 ft 520 m
all land inside township boundaries

Plummer Township spans about 310 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
1,700 ft520 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,870 ft570 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,560 ft475 m
Average of all land1,710 ft520 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Plummer Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plummer Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,560 ft on the west side to 1,870 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Brule County, South Dakota, United States
Population
15 2024 est.
Land area
35.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
0.4 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.9011° N, 98.9053° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Smith Creek → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Crow Lake Township1,830 ft
  2. Patten Township1,810 ft
  3. Willow Lake Township1,770 ft
  4. Gann Valley1,710 ft
  5. Logan Township, Jerauld County1,710 ft
  6. Waldro Township1,700 ft
  7. Plummer Township1,700 ft
  8. Elvira Township1,700 ft
  9. Spring Valley Colony1,670 ft
  10. Lyon Township1,630 ft
  11. Union Township, Brule County1,620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Wessington Hills1,930 ft
  • Archer Hill1,690 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.