Preston Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Preston Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,620 ft on the southeast side to 1,770 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,770 ft 540 m1,730 ft 525 m1,710 ft 520 m1,670 ft 510 m1,640 ft 500 m1,620 ft 495 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

Preston Township sits at about 1,680 ft (515 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,680 ft 515 m
most residents: 1,650–1,730 ft
Lowest
1,620 ft 495 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,770 ft 540 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,680 ft 515 m
all land inside township boundaries

Preston Township spans about 150 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
1,680 ft515 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,770 ft540 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,620 ft495 m
Average of all land1,680 ft515 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Preston Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Preston Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,620 ft on the southeast side to 1,770 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States
Population
163 2024 est.
Land area
35.4 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
4.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.5068° N, 96.9385° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → 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. Grange Township1,760 ft
  2. Dempster Township1,730 ft
  3. Lake Poinsett1,710 ft
  4. Eureka Township1,690 ft
  5. Laketon Township1,690 ft
  6. Estelline Township1,680 ft
  7. Preston Township1,680 ft
  8. Sterling Township1,670 ft
  9. Estelline1,660 ft
  10. Oakwood Township1,640 ft
  11. Bruce1,620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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); BTS time zones. All public domain.