Todd County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Todd County, South Dakota, shaded from 2,120 ft on the northeast side to 3,310 ft on the west side
Elevation
3,310 ft 1,010 m3,010 ft 920 m2,860 ft 870 m2,560 ft 780 m2,270 ft 690 m2,120 ft 645 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
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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

Todd County averages about 2,700 ft (820 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,120 ft on the northeast side to 3,310 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
2,700 ft 820 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,310 ft 1,010 m
on the west side
Lowest
2,120 ft 645 m
on the northeast side

Todd County spans about 1,190 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 land2,700 ft820 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
3,310 ft1,010 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
2,120 ft645 m

Elevation profile, west to east

51 mi west to east through Rosebud.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Todd County, South Dakota, shaded from 2,120 ft on the northeast side to 3,310 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
9,172 2024 est.
Land area
1,388.6 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
6.6 per sq mi
Time zone
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. Cherry County, NE3,190 ft
  2. Bennett County3,170 ft
  3. Todd County2,700 ft
  4. Mellette County2,230 ft
  5. Tripp County2,090 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Eagle Mans Butte3,170 ft
  • Grass Mountain3,030 ft
  • Sugar Loaf Butte2,810 ft
  • Rosebud Butte2,800 ft
  • Haystack Butte, Todd County2,750 ft
All 11 towns in Todd County by typical elevation
  1. St. Francis2,980 ft
  2. Two Strike2,830 ft
  3. Spring Creek2,780 ft
  4. Sicangu Village2,760 ft
  5. Rosebud2,720 ft
  6. Parmelee2,650 ft
  7. Mission2,580 ft
  8. White Horse2,570 ft
  9. Antelope2,560 ft
  10. Soldier Creek2,430 ft
  11. Okreek2,380 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 2,110 ft at 43.3787° N, 100.2815° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.