Sand Creek Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sand Creek Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,370 ft on the southeast side to 1,540 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,540 ft 470 m1,500 ft 455 m1,480 ft 450 m1,430 ft 435 m1,390 ft 425 m1,370 ft 420 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

Sand Creek Township sits at about 1,420 ft (435 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,420 ft 435 m
few residents
Lowest
1,370 ft 415 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,540 ft 470 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,430 ft 435 m
all land inside township boundaries

Sand Creek Township spans about 170 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
1,420 ft435 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,540 ft470 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,370 ft415 m
Average of all land1,430 ft435 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Sand Creek Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sand Creek Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,370 ft on the southeast side to 1,540 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States
Population
32 2024 est.
Land area
36.3 sq mi
Density
0.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3414° N, 98.6113° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
James 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. Rose Hill Township1,740 ft
  2. Hulbert Township1,530 ft
  3. Burr Oak Township1,480 ft
  4. Sand Creek Township1,420 ft
  5. Wessington1,420 ft
  6. Wessington Township1,410 ft
  7. Whiteside Township1,400 ft
  8. Vernon Township, Beadle County1,390 ft
  9. Kellogg Township1,370 ft
  10. Wolsey Township1,350 ft
  11. Wolsey1,350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Wessington Hills1,930 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the township boundaries; 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 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.