Tolstoy, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,950 ft 595 m1,940 ft 590 m1,940 ft 590 m1,930 ft 585 m1,910 ft 585 m1,910 ft 580 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.
Town area: Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Tolstoy sits at about 1,930 ft (590 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside town limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

1,930 ft 590 m

few residents

Lowest

1,910 ft 580 m

on the northeast side

Highest

1,950 ft 595 m

on the south side

Average

1,930 ft 590 m

all land inside town limits

Tolstoy spans about 40 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	1,930 ft590 m
Highest point Inside town limits, on the south side	1,950 ft595 m
Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side	1,910 ft580 m
Town center USGS map point for Tolstoy	1,940 ft590 m
Average of all land	1,930 ft590 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Town in Potter County, South Dakota, United States
Population: 37 2024 est.
Land area: 0.2 sq mi
Density: 202 per sq mi
Coordinates: 45.2080° N, 99.6143° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Great Plains
Drains to: Alkali Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
ZIP codes 1: 57475

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Odessa Township1,970 ft
Tolstoy1,930 ft
Cloyd Valley Township1,930 ft
Hudson Township1,910 ft
Sherman Township, Faulk County1,910 ft
Seneca1,900 ft
Hoven1,900 ft
Madison Township, Edmunds County1,890 ft
Onaka1,870 ft
Hillside Township1,800 ft
Clark Township, Faulk County1,780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in South Dakota283rd highest of 1,383
Towns in Potter County3rd highest of 4

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the town limits; 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 town 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).
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. All public domain.