White Swan Township, SD Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of White Swan Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the south side to 1,950 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,950 ft 595 m1,770 ft 540 m1,680 ft 510 m1,490 ft 455 m1,310 ft 400 m1,220 ft 375 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
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

White Swan Township sits at about 1,510 ft (460 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,510 ft 460 m
most residents: 1,450–1,770 ft
Lowest
1,220 ft 375 m
on the south side
Highest
1,950 ft 595 m
on the west side
Average
1,590 ft 485 m
all land inside township boundaries

White Swan Township spans about 730 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
1,510 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,950 ft595 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
1,220 ft375 m
Average of all land1,590 ft485 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.5 mi south to north through the middle of White Swan Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of White Swan Township, South Dakota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the south side to 1,950 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Charles Mix County, South Dakota, United States
Population
739 2024 est.
Land area
79.3 sq mi + 10.8 sq mi water
Density
9.3 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.1457° N, 98.5354° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Goose Lake Township1,630 ft
  2. Geddes1,610 ft
  3. Jackson Township1,580 ft
  4. Lakeview Colony1,520 ft
  5. White Swan Township1,510 ft
  6. Ravinia1,500 ft
  7. Plain Center Township1,490 ft
  8. Lake Andes1,480 ft
  9. Pickstown1,470 ft
  10. Highland Township1,450 ft
  11. Howard Township1,450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Took Tay Hill1,940 ft
  • Scalp Butte1,890 ft
  • Sunrise Hill1,410 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 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.