Springwater Colony Montana Map

About Springwater Colony, Montana

Springwater Colony is a locality in Wheatland County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 119. The population density is 196.4 people per km². Springwater Colony is located at 46.4594°N, 109.7563°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59036.

Springwater Colony occupies a vast expanse of high-plains prairie where the sky seems to press down with an immense, unblinking clarity upon the earth. It lies 76.1 miles northwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 308°T), and is situated 44.5 miles south-southwest of Lewistown. Alkali Creek carves a shallow, wandering path just a mile from the center, its banks marked by the silvered stalks of dry grass that shiver in the constant, restless wind. Beyond the immediate flatland, the horizon holds the faint, jagged suggestion of the Rocky Mountains, appearing as a bruised violet line against the western sunset. To the north, the land dips toward the subtle depression of Cottonwood Coulee, while the quiet surface of Lode Reservoir waits eight miles away, a still mirror for the migrating hawks that circle above the Montana State Trust Lands.

Springwater Colony sustains its existence through a quiet, agrarian perseverance, drawing its vitality from the resilience of the soil and the cycles of the harvest. The local economy remains tethered to the land, defined by the steady labor of grazing herds and the seasonal urgency of wheat fields that turn from emerald to brittle gold under the unrelenting summer sun. History here is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring layout of fence lines and the weathered timber of outbuildings that have stood against a century of frost and heat. Life in Springwater Colony follows a rhythm dictated by the seasons, where the arrival of a storm or the shifting light of autumn carries more weight than the distant hum of the modern world.

About This Springwater Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Springwater Colony, Montana. Coordinates: 46.459402, -109.756294. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Springwater Colony includes the ZIP code (59036), telephone area code (406), county seat of Wheatland County (Harlowton), and school district assignment (Harlowton K-12 Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.