THE SPRING CREEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flint Hills setting.
Spring Creek township has 39.6 square miles of land in Pottawatomie County. Its Census reference point is in Flint Hills.
Rolling limestone and shale hills are divided by narrow valleys. The Flint Hills preserve extensive tallgrass-prairie landscapes, with rocky uplands contrasting with the smoother cropland regions nearby.
Regional context: Flint Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Spring Creek and Pottawatomie County
Spring Creek is associated with Pottawatomie County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Spring Creek by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Spring Creek, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 2 percentage points lower than the 2.4% recorded for Pottawatomie County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Spring Creek township has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Clear Creek township (36.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.