Summerset, SD Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,910 ft 1,190 m3,790 ft 1,155 m3,730 ft 1,135 m3,610 ft 1,100 m3,490 ft 1,065 m3,430 ft 1,045 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Summerset sits at about 3,660 ft (1,115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,660 ft 1,115 m
most residents: 3,500–3,700 ft
Lowest
3,430 ft 1,045 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,910 ft 1,190 m
on the north side
Average
3,600 ft 1,095 m
all land inside city limits
Summerset spans about 480 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,660 ft1,115 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 3,910 ft1,190 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 3,430 ft1,045 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Summerset | 3,640 ft1,110 m |
| Average of all land | 3,600 ft1,095 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,660 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.2 °F96.2 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
87% of sea level
26.2 inHg (88.6 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.3% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Meade County, South Dakota, United States
- Population
- 3,013 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,003 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.1900° N, 103.3438° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Elk Creek → Cheyenne River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 2
- 57718 57769
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Johnson Siding4,480 ft
- Colonial Pine Hills4,060 ft
- Blucksberg Mountain3,770 ft
- Summerset3,660 ft
- Wonderland Homes3,600 ft
- Blackhawk3,560 ft
- Piedmont3,520 ft
- Rapid City3,320 ft
- Rapid Valley3,170 ft
- Box Elder3,160 ft
- Ashland Heights3,120 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in South Dakota17th highest of 1,383
- Towns in Meade County2nd highest of 16
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Black Elk Peak7,200 ft
- Green Mountain7,160 ft
- Warren Peaks6,650 ft
- Bear Butte4,427 ft
- Piedmont Butte3,870 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.