Prairie City, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prairie City, South Dakota, shaded from 2,820 ft on the northeast side to 2,920 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,920 ft 890 m2,890 ft 880 m2,880 ft 880 m2,860 ft 870 m2,830 ft 865 m2,820 ft 860 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Prairie City sits at about 2,860 ft (870 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
2,860 ft 870 m
few residents
Lowest
2,820 ft 860 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,920 ft 890 m
on the southwest side
Average
2,860 ft 870 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Prairie City spans about 100 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
2,860 ft870 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
2,920 ft890 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
2,820 ft860 m
Average of all land2,860 ft870 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the middle of Prairie City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prairie City, South Dakota, shaded from 2,820 ft on the northeast side to 2,920 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States
Population
25 2020 Census
Land area
1.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
18 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.5293° N, 102.8102° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Thunder Butte Creek → Moreau River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57649
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Strool-Plateau Township2,860 ft
  2. Prairie City2,860 ft
  3. Vail Township2,810 ft
  4. Scotch Cap Township2,790 ft
  5. Antelope Township, Perkins County2,770 ft
  6. Bison Township2,760 ft
  7. Maltby Township2,710 ft
  8. Cash Township2,650 ft
  9. Glendo Township2,650 ft
  10. Fredlund Township2,640 ft
  11. Sidney Township2,630 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • White Hill3,140 ft
  • Rocky Hills2,980 ft
  • Wolf Hill, Perkins County2,940 ft
  • Chimney Butte, Perkins County2,900 ft
  • Scotch Cap Butte2,840 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Prairie City is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.