Rowena, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rowena, South Dakota, shaded from 1,370 ft on the west side to 1,470 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,470 ft 450 m1,440 ft 440 m1,430 ft 435 m1,400 ft 430 m1,380 ft 420 m1,370 ft 415 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.
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

Rowena sits at about 1,400 ft (425 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,400 ft 425 m
few residents
Lowest
1,370 ft 415 m
on the west side
Highest
1,470 ft 450 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,410 ft 430 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Rowena 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
1,400 ft425 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,470 ft450 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,370 ft415 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rowena
1,420 ft430 m
Airport (FSD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.9 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
1,430 ft436 m
Average of all land1,410 ft430 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rowena, South Dakota, shaded from 1,370 ft on the west side to 1,470 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
Population
68 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
223 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.5203° N, 96.5559° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Joe Foss Field (FSD) 1,430 ft
ZIP codes 1
57005
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Larchwood, IA1,480 ft
  2. Sioux Falls1,480 ft
  3. Anderson1,470 ft
  4. Valley Springs Township1,420 ft
  5. Split Rock Township1,420 ft
  6. Rowena1,400 ft
  7. Pine Lakes Addition1,400 ft
  8. Springdale Township1,390 ft
  9. Valley Springs1,390 ft
  10. Shindler1,370 ft
  11. Brandon1,350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Canton Mounds1,450 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.
  • Rowena 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.