Salem Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salem Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,450 ft on the southeast side to 1,560 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,560 ft 475 m1,540 ft 470 m1,520 ft 465 m1,490 ft 455 m1,460 ft 445 m1,450 ft 440 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

Salem Township sits at about 1,500 ft (455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,500 ft 455 m
most residents: 1,470–1,530 ft
Lowest
1,450 ft 440 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,500 ft 455 m
all land inside township boundaries

Salem Township spans about 110 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
1,500 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,560 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,450 ft440 m
Average of all land1,500 ft455 m

Elevation profile, west to east

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Salem Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,450 ft on the southeast side to 1,560 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in McCook County, South Dakota, United States
Population
277 2024 est.
Land area
34.6 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
8.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.7062° N, 97.4388° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
West Fork Vermillion River → Vermillion 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. Richland Township, McCook County1,560 ft
  2. Sun Prairie Township1,540 ft
  3. Canistota Township1,530 ft
  4. Salem1,520 ft
  5. Salem Township1,500 ft
  6. Golden View Colony1,490 ft
  7. Emery Township1,460 ft
  8. Benton Township, McCook County1,440 ft
  9. Pearl Township1,430 ft
  10. Jefferson Township, McCook County1,410 ft
  11. Spencer1,380 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,450 ft at 43.6838° N, 97.4876° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.