Explore Irene, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Irene, 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 Irene.
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 | Irene |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Yankton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.083047 |
| Longitude | -97.160608 |
| Population | 422 |
| Density | 639.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 57037 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Yankton |
| School District | Irene-Wakonda School District 13-3 |
Irene emerges from the expanse of the Great Plains as a collection of structures anchored firmly to the dark, fertile soil of the South Dakota prairie. It lies 18.9 miles northeast of Yankton, SD (from Yankton, SD: bearing 39°T), and is situated 19.5 miles west of Beresford. The horizon around Irene stretches wide and unobstructed, defined by the subtle swells of farmland that catch the long, golden shadows of late afternoon. Spring Creek meanders through the periphery, its quiet course offering a vein of moisture that sustains the surrounding fields of corn and soybeans. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the landscape holds the memory of ancient glacial shifts, occasionally punctuated by the distant silhouette of Spirit Mound rising against the sky. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and turned earth, a crisp clarity that renders the autumn light particularly sharp, turning the stubble of the harvested fields into a vast, shimmering grid of copper and bronze.
Irene maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, deeply tethered to the agricultural cycles that have dictated the rhythm of the region since its early settlement. The economy remains a reflection of the surrounding acreage, where the labor of the seasons translates into the grain elevators that stand as sentinels above the modest storefronts. While the quietude of the plains suggests isolation, the presence of Marindahl Lake five miles away provides a focal point for the surrounding landscape, offering a singular space where the stillness of the water mirrors the wide, open sky. History in Irene is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of the homesteads and the persistence of a culture that values the quiet toil of the harvest. Whether the wind is blowing across the expanse toward the distant Norwegian Gulch or settling into the stillness of a winter dusk, Irene persists as a place where the connection to the land remains the primary measure of time.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Irene, South Dakota. Coordinates: 43.083047, -97.160608. 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 Irene includes the ZIP code (57037), telephone area code (605), county seat of Yankton County (Yankton), and school district assignment (Irene-Wakonda School District 13-3).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |