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Clark Colony South Dakota Map

Explore Clark Colony, South Dakota, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Clark Colony, South Dakota

How to Use This Clark Colony, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Clark Colony, South Dakota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Dakota or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Clark Colony.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Clark Colony
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	Spink County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.789416
Longitude	-97.980368
Population	92
Density	140.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	57258
Area Code	605
County Seat	Redfield
School District	Doland School District 56-2

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About Clark Colony, South Dakota

Clark Colony is a locality in Spink County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 92. The population density is 140.4 people per km². Clark Colony is located at 44.7894°N, 97.9804°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 57258.

Clark Colony occupies a wide, level expanse of the prairie where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 31.6 miles north-northeast of Huron, SD (from Huron, SD: bearing 21°T), and is situated 52.8 miles south-southeast of Aberdeen. The horizon remains largely unbroken, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Doland Ridge to the west, which catches the final, bruised purples of a setting sun. Water makes its quiet presence known through the meandering course of Foster Creek, which nudges through the soil just a mile away, feeding the grasses that ripple in the wind like a slow-moving tide. Nearby, the still surface of Fordham Dam acts as a mirror for the vast, pale clouds, providing a cool contrast to the sun-baked dust of the fields. During the height of the afternoon, the light turns a brittle, golden hue, sharpening the edges of every fence post and grain silo until the entire landscape feels like a photograph held in clear, unwavering focus.

Clark Colony functions as a deliberate, self-sustaining landscape where the rhythm of life is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of the soil. The economy remains rooted in the patient toil of agriculture, with the orderly rows of crops reflecting a tradition of communal labor that has defined the settlement since its inception. Residents often look toward Fordham, a SCA, as a sanctuary of native prairie grasses and undisturbed habitat that offers a reprieve from the relentless productivity of the surrounding acreage. There is a singular, quiet gravity to the way the days unfold here, marked by the mechanical hum of machinery in the distance and the sudden, sharp clarity of birdsong near the creek banks. In Clark Colony, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow rotation of growth and harvest, binding the people to the cycles of the land with a tenacity that remains as firm as the frost-hardened earth in winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fordham (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 113° SE
Mirage (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 280° W
Clark County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.6 mi, 073° E
Dry Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.3 mi, 054° NE
Beadle County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 16.5 mi, 189° S
James River (State Recreation Area) — 18.0 mi, 225° SW
World's Largest Pheasant (Monument) — 30.9 mi, 201° S
Manchester Town Monument (Monument) — 31.7 mi, 156° SE
Dakotaland Museum (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 203° SW
Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 40.3 mi, 111° E
Donald Christman Toy Museum (Museum) — 40.5 mi, 111° E
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 45.6 mi, 353° N
Watson School (Historic Ruins) — 50.7 mi, 223° SW
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.7 mi, 035° NE · 9,262 acres
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 51.9 mi, 332° NW
Domsch School (Historic Ruins) — 52.3 mi, 226° SW
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 52.8 mi, 332° NW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 60.2 mi, 329° NW
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 60.2 mi, 024° NE
Grant County Historical Society Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 61.5 mi, 069° E
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.1 mi, 346° N · 39k acres
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 66.8 mi, 119° SE
Touchdown Jesus (Public Artwork) — 66.8 mi, 119° SE
The Prairie Village, Herman & Milwaukee Railroad (Museum) — 67.2 mi, 143° SE
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 71.7 mi, 182° S
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 74.2 mi, 181° S
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 75.7 mi, 181° S
Big Stone Lake State Park (State Park) — 76.7 mi, 053° NE

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