Turner County, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Turner County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,180 ft on the southeast side to 1,740 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,740 ft 530 m1,600 ft 490 m1,530 ft 465 m1,390 ft 425 m1,250 ft 380 m1,180 ft 360 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Turner County averages about 1,380 ft (420 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,180 ft on the southeast side to 1,740 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,380 ft 420 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,740 ft 530 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,180 ft 360 m
on the southeast side

Turner County spans about 560 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 land1,380 ft420 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,740 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,180 ft360 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Parker.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Turner County, South Dakota, shaded from 1,180 ft on the southeast side to 1,740 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in South Dakota, United States
Population
9,087 2024 est.
Land area
617.1 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
15 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Minnehaha County1,540 ft
  2. McCook County1,500 ft
  3. Hutchinson County1,390 ft
  4. Turner County1,380 ft
  5. Lincoln County1,380 ft
  6. Yankton County1,330 ft
  7. Clay County1,230 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 29 towns in Turner County by typical elevation
  1. Salem Township, Turner County1,620 ft
  2. Cameron Colony1,590 ft
  3. Spring Valley Township, Turner County1,510 ft
  4. Monroe1,490 ft
  5. Childstown Township1,490 ft
  6. Home Township1,490 ft
  7. Rosefield Township1,460 ft
  8. Monroe Township1,460 ft
  9. Marion1,450 ft
  10. Dolton1,440 ft
  11. Marion Township1,440 ft
  12. Dolton Township1,440 ft
  13. Brothersfield Township1,400 ft
  14. Irene1,390 ft
  15. Norway Township, Turner County1,370 ft
  16. Germantown Township1,370 ft
  17. Chancellor1,360 ft
  18. Parker1,350 ft
  19. Parker Township1,330 ft
  20. Viborg1,310 ft
  21. Daneville Township1,300 ft
  22. Hurley1,290 ft
  23. Hurley Township1,290 ft
  24. Middleton Township1,290 ft
  25. Swan Lake Township1,270 ft
  26. Turner Township1,260 ft
  27. Davis1,250 ft
  28. Centerville Township1,230 ft
  29. Centerville1,230 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.
  • 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.