Swift Bird, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swift Bird, South Dakota, shaded from 1,740 ft on the south side to 1,880 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,880 ft 575 m1,850 ft 565 m1,830 ft 555 m1,790 ft 545 m1,760 ft 535 m1,740 ft 530 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Swift Bird sits at about 1,840 ft (560 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,840 ft 560 m
few residents
Lowest
1,740 ft 530 m
on the south side
Highest
1,880 ft 575 m
on the north side
Average
1,840 ft 560 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Swift Bird spans about 140 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
1,840 ft560 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,880 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
1,740 ft530 m
Average of all land1,840 ft560 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the middle of Swift Bird.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swift Bird, South Dakota, shaded from 1,740 ft on the south side to 1,880 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States
Population
117 2020 Census
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
238 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.0600° N, 100.3571° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57442
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gettysburg2,070 ft
  2. La Plant2,020 ft
  3. Lebanon1,950 ft
  4. Hoven1,900 ft
  5. Onida1,870 ft
  6. Lowry1,860 ft
  7. Agar1,850 ft
  8. Swift Bird1,840 ft
  9. Akaska1,770 ft
  10. Whitehorse1,710 ft
  11. Glenham1,680 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Coffee Butte2,100 ft
  • Gray Butte, Dewey County2,020 ft
  • Artichoke Butte2,012 ft
  • Twin Buttes, Dewey County2,010 ft
  • Sugar Loaf Rock (historical)1,890 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Swift Bird is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.