Hart Creek (South Dakota)
Appearance
Hart Creek is a stream in Perkins County in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1] It is a tributary to Thunder Butte Creek.
The headwaters arise at 45°32′01″N 102°19′42″W / 45.53361°N 102.32833°W[1] an elevation of 2770 feet about six miles east of Bison and just north of South Dakota Highway 20 and southeast of the Boxcar Buttes area.[2]
The confluence with Thunder Butte Creek is just south of the community of Chance[3] at 45°24′39″N 102°17′01″W / 45.41083°N 102.28361°W and an elevation of 2507 feet.[1]
Hart Creek was named after an early settler.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hart Creek (South Dakota)
- ^ Boxcar Buttes, S. Dakota, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
- ^ Chance, South Dakota, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 34.