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Spring Creek Colony South Dakota Map

Explore Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek Colony, South Dakota

How to Use This Spring Creek Colony, South Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek 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	Spring Creek Colony
State	South Dakota (SD)
County	McPherson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.90914
Longitude	-98.878716
Population	229
Density	297.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	58439
Area Code	605
County Seat	Leola
School District	Leola School District 44-2

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About Spring Creek Colony, South Dakota

Spring Creek Colony is a locality in McPherson County, South Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 229. The population density is 297.7 people per km². Spring Creek Colony is located at 45.9091°N, 98.8787°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58439.

Spring Creek Colony occupies a stretch of expansive, sun-drenched prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything save the occasional fence post or the distant, hazy silhouette of Cannon Hill. It lies 36.1 miles north-northwest of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 328°T), and is situated 69.7 miles south of Jamestown. The air here holds a crisp, dry clarity that sharpens the edges of the golden grasses, which sway in rhythmic waves under the relentless sweep of the wind. To the west, the land dips toward the shallow, carved depression of Webers Gulch, a reminder of the water’s ancient work in shaping this terrain. Nearby, the protected grounds of Schock SCA offer a quiet sanctuary for native grasses and local wildlife, standing as a stark, uncultivated contrast to the surrounding fields that stretch toward the horizon.

Spring Creek Colony functions as a self-sustaining Hutterite settlement, built upon a foundation of communal labor and a shared commitment to agrarian life. The economy relies heavily on the cultivation of these fertile plains, where the labor of the seasons dictates the cadence of the day from the first gray light of dawn until the long, amber shadows of dusk. While the waters of Elm Lake and the seasonal flows of Webber Gulch lie miles away, the life of Spring Creek Colony remains tethered to the soil itself, reflecting a history of migration and perseverance. The architecture of the colony is pragmatic and solid, constructed to withstand the extremes of the climate, housing a society that values the collective effort above the individual pursuit in a way that feels increasingly rare.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Schock (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 296° NW
Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 336° NW
Johnson's Gulch (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 000° N
Mcpherson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 271° W
Elm Lake Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.1 mi, 115° SE
Elm Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.6 mi, 103° E
Ordway/Mcpherson/Johnson'S Gulch Fee (Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 217° SW
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 124° SE
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 26.3 mi, 311° NW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 28.7 mi, 154° SE
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.9 mi, 114° SE · 39k acres
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 148° SE
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 36.9 mi, 149° SE
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 38.6 mi, 145° SE
Logan County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.0 mi, 323° NW · 326 acres
Old Settlers Monument (Monument) — 49.1 mi, 314° NW
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 49.6 mi, 130° SE
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 54.9 mi, 098° E
Bison 6 Cinema (Cinema) — 67.7 mi, 006° N
Frontier Village (Attraction) — 68.3 mi, 007° N
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 72.6 mi, 084° E
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 78.9 mi, 341° N · 4,204 acres
Walleye Up Statue (Public Artwork) — 79.5 mi, 251° W
The Klein Museum (Museum) — 79.7 mi, 252° W

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