Fantail Creek

Fantail Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Fantail Creek was named after the fantail deer observed near it.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sanford Underground Research Facility.

Sanford Underground Research Facility

Photo: Sanford Lab, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sanford Underground Research Facility, or Sanford Lab, is an underground laboratory in Lead, South Dakota. The deepest underground laboratory in the United States, it houses multiple experiments in areas such as dark matter and neutrino physics research, biology, geology and engineering. Sanford Underground Research Facility is situated 2 miles east of Fantail Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flatiron and Lead.

Flatiron

Locality

Flatiron, formerly known as Yellow Creek or Flat Iron City, is a ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. It was known for its highly successful gold mining.

Lead

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line.

Central City

Village

Central City is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 93 at the 2020 census. Central City is situated 2½ miles northeast of Fantail Creek.

Fantail Creek

Type: Stream
Description: river in the United States of America
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Lawrence, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.33665° or 44° 20′ 12″ north

Longitude

-103.79131° or 103° 47′ 29″ west

Elevation

5,348 feet (1,630 metres)

Open location code

85PR86P5+MF

GeoNames ID

5764696

Wikidata ID

Q24061675

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Fantail Creek” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Fantail Creek”
Cebuano: “Fantail Creek”
Venetian: “Fantail”

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