Watauga Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,430 ft 740 m2,370 ft 720 m2,330 ft 710 m2,260 ft 690 m2,200 ft 670 m2,160 ft 660 m

Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
Township area: Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Watauga Township sits at about 2,260 ft (690 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

2,260 ft 690 m

few residents

Lowest

2,160 ft 660 m

on the northeast side

Highest

2,430 ft 740 m

on the east side

Average

2,270 ft 690 m

all land inside township boundaries

Watauga Township spans about 270 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	2,260 ft690 m
Highest point Inside township boundaries, on the east side	2,430 ft740 m
Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side	2,160 ft660 m
Town center USGS map point for Watauga Township	2,260 ft690 m
Average of all land	2,270 ft690 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Township in Corson County, South Dakota, United States
Population: 25 2024 est.
Land area: 15.9 sq mi
Density: 1.6 per sq mi
Coordinates: 45.9228° N, 101.5429° W
Time zone: Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region: Great Plains
Drains to: Grand River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in South Dakota193rd highest of 1,383
Towns in Corson County4th highest of 14

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Hump Butte2,430 ft
Skull Butte2,370 ft
Peaked Butte, Corson County2,360 ft

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); BTS time zones. All public domain.