Scotland Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scotland Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,410 ft on the northwest side to 1,850 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,850 ft 565 m1,740 ft 530 m1,690 ft 515 m1,580 ft 480 m1,470 ft 445 m1,410 ft 430 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

Scotland Township sits at about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,640 ft 500 m
few residents
Lowest
1,410 ft 430 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,850 ft 565 m
near the middle
Average
1,610 ft 490 m
all land inside township boundaries

Scotland Township spans about 440 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
1,640 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, near the middle
1,850 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,410 ft430 m
Average of all land1,610 ft490 m

Elevation profile, west to east

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scotland Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,410 ft on the northwest side to 1,850 ft near the middle
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Day County, South Dakota, United States
Population
35 2024 est.
Land area
35.9 sq mi
Density
1.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.2764° N, 97.9270° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Dry Run → 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. Troy Township, Day County1,780 ft
  2. Bristol Township1,770 ft
  3. Valley Township, Day County1,760 ft
  4. Oak Gulch Township1,750 ft
  5. Scotland Township1,640 ft
  6. Andover1,480 ft
  7. Conde Township1,360 ft
  8. Bates Township, Brown County1,350 ft
  9. Verdon1,300 ft
  10. East Hanson Township1,300 ft
  11. Ferney1,300 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.