Thorp Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thorp Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,740 ft on the northwest side to 1,890 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,890 ft 575 m1,850 ft 565 m1,830 ft 560 m1,790 ft 545 m1,760 ft 535 m1,740 ft 530 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.
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Thorp Township sits at about 1,800 ft (550 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,800 ft 550 m
few residents
Lowest
1,740 ft 530 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,890 ft 575 m
on the east side
Average
1,800 ft 550 m
all land inside township boundaries

Thorp Township spans about 150 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
1,800 ft550 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,890 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,740 ft530 m
Airport (8D7)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.7 mi south of the township boundaries
1,793 ft547 m
Average of all land1,800 ft550 m

Elevation profile, west to east

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thorp Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,740 ft on the northwest side to 1,890 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Clark County, South Dakota, United States
Population
53 2024 est.
Land area
35.2 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
1.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.0144° N, 97.6667° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Dry Lake Number One basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Clark County (8D7) 1,793 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Eden Township, Clark County1,870 ft
  2. Garden City1,850 ft
  3. Maydell Township1,850 ft
  4. Bradley1,810 ft
  5. Thorp Township1,800 ft
  6. Blaine Township, Clark County1,800 ft
  7. Woodland Township1,800 ft
  8. Cottonwood Township1,800 ft
  9. Mount Pleasant Township1,790 ft
  10. Crocker1,790 ft
  11. Hillcrest Colony1,790 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.