Explore Kidder, 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 Kidder, 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 Kidder.
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 | Kidder |
| State | South Dakota (SD) |
| County | Marshall County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.883014 |
| Longitude | -97.713435 |
| Population | 25 |
| Density | 40.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 57430 |
| Area Code | 605 |
| County Seat | Britton |
| School District | Britton-Hecla School District 45-4 |
Kidder emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a quiet collection of structures anchored to the vast, open prairie. It lies 47.2 miles northeast of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 52°T), and is situated 59.3 miles west-southwest of Wahpeton. The land here stretches out in uninterrupted tawny swells, where the grasses bow rhythmically to the persistent wind and the light at dusk turns the sky into a bruising shade of violet. Four miles to the east, the low-lying basin of White Lake provides a sanctuary for migratory birds, while the modest, winding path of Wild Rice Creek cuts through the terrain, offering a faint, shimmering thread of moisture to the thirsty soil. Far off to the west, the subtle rise of Pleasant Peak marks the limit of the visible earth, a faint punctuation point in the distance that watches over the stillness of the plains.
Kidder maintains a pulse dictated by the seasonal cycles of the surrounding grain fields, where the economy remains tethered to the patient labor of the harvest. Families have worked these stretches of dirt for generations, building a life that honors the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural survival. While the shadow of Marble Gulch lies seven miles away, the people here find their own landmarks in the rusted silos and the weathered wood of old barns that stand against the elements. Life in Kidder moves with the quiet gravity of the seasons, a place where the air carries the dry scent of dust and ripened wheat, and the community finds its continuity in the simple, repetitive act of tending to the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kidder, South Dakota. Coordinates: 45.883014, -97.713435. 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 Kidder includes the ZIP code (57430), telephone area code (605), county seat of Marshall County (Britton), and school district assignment (Britton-Hecla School District 45-4).
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. |