Stanley County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stanley County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,420 ft on the southeast side to 2,380 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,380 ft 725 m2,140 ft 655 m2,020 ft 615 m1,780 ft 545 m1,540 ft 470 m1,420 ft 435 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Stanley County averages about 1,890 ft (575 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,420 ft on the southeast side to 2,380 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,890 ft 575 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,380 ft 725 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,420 ft 435 m
on the southeast side

Stanley County spans about 960 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,890 ft575 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,380 ft725 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,420 ft435 m

Elevation profile, west to east

39 mi west to east through Fort Pierre.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stanley County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,420 ft on the southeast side to 2,380 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
3,015 2024 est.
Land area
1,444.4 sq mi + 72.7 sq mi water
Density
2.1 per sq mi
Time zones
Mountain UTC−7 / −6, Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Haakon County2,290 ft
  2. Jones County2,070 ft
  3. Dewey County2,010 ft
  4. Stanley County1,890 ft
  5. Sully County1,810 ft
  6. Lyman County1,780 ft
  7. Hughes County1,730 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Standing Butte2,221 ft
  • Lookout Point2,160 ft
  • Round Top2,140 ft
  • Willow Creek Butte2,093 ft
  • Cedar Butte, Stanley County2,060 ft
The one town in Stanley County
  1. Fort Pierre1,440 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.