Official Name: | Surprise Creek Colony, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Surprise Creek Colony |
Coordinates: | 47.1703°N -110.3397°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Judith Basin |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.15 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.15 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.40 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.40 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 20.16 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 4285 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
Postal Code: | 59479 (Stanford) 59447 (Geyser) |
Area Code: | 406 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-72660 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2806633 |
Population Total: | 8 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 52.29 |
Surprise Creek Colony is a Hutterite community[2] and census-designated place (CDP) in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. It is in the north-central part of the county, in the valley of Surprise Creek, a north-flowing tributary of Arrow Creek, which continues northeast to the Missouri River.
U.S. Route 87/Montana Routes 200/3 passes less than a mile north of the colony, leading southeast 5miles to Stanford, the county seat, and northwest 10miles to Geyser. Great Falls is to the northwest.
Surprise Creek Colony was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.