Presho, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Presho, South Dakota, shaded from 1,740 ft on the northeast side to 1,830 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,830 ft 560 m1,810 ft 550 m1,800 ft 550 m1,780 ft 540 m1,750 ft 535 m1,740 ft 530 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Presho sits at about 1,810 ft (550 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,810 ft 550 m
most residents: 1,770–1,830 ft
Lowest
1,740 ft 530 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,830 ft 560 m
on the south side
Average
1,790 ft 545 m
all land inside city limits

Presho spans about 90 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
1,810 ft550 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,830 ft560 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,740 ft530 m
Town center
USGS map point for Presho
1,770 ft540 m
Average of all land1,790 ft545 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Presho, South Dakota, shaded from 1,740 ft on the northeast side to 1,830 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Lyman County, South Dakota, United States
Population
467 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
696 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.9097° N, 100.0587° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Medicine Creek → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57568
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mussman Township2,090 ft
  2. Williams Creek Township1,970 ft
  3. Vivian Township1,900 ft
  4. Vivian1,900 ft
  5. Pratt Township1,820 ft
  6. Greenwood Township1,810 ft
  7. Presho1,810 ft
  8. Star Valley Township, Tripp County1,800 ft
  9. Rex Township1,770 ft
  10. Bailey Township1,730 ft
  11. Kennebec1,690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Butte, Lyman County2,130 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.