West Brule, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Brule, South Dakota, shaded from 1,610 ft on the north side to 1,780 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,780 ft 545 m1,740 ft 530 m1,720 ft 525 m1,680 ft 510 m1,630 ft 500 m1,610 ft 490 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

West Brule sits at about 1,770 ft (540 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,770 ft 540 m
most residents: 1,760–1,780 ft
Lowest
1,610 ft 490 m
on the north side
Highest
1,780 ft 545 m
on the west side
Average
1,760 ft 535 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

West Brule spans about 170 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,770 ft540 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,780 ft545 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,610 ft490 m
Average of all land1,760 ft535 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the middle of West Brule.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Brule, South Dakota, shaded from 1,610 ft on the north side to 1,780 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lyman County, South Dakota, United States
Population
538 2020 Census
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
456 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.0739° N, 99.6376° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
57548
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Como Township1,860 ft
  2. Stephan1,840 ft
  3. Reliance1,780 ft
  4. West Brule1,770 ft
  5. Rex Township1,770 ft
  6. Bailey Township1,730 ft
  7. Kennebec1,690 ft
  8. Raber Township1,670 ft
  9. Oacoma Township1,620 ft
  10. Lower Brule1,470 ft
  11. Fort Thompson1,440 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Medicine Butte2,257 ft
  • Red Butte, Lyman County1,970 ft
  • Lewis Hill1,820 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
  • West Brule is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.