It is bordered by West Albury, Glenroy and Hamilton Valley to the east, the Greater Hume Shire (including Jindera and Bungowannah) to the north and west, and Victoria to the south.

There is a Community Centre complex on the Altmeier-Ortlipp Reserve which is also the location of the Splitters Creek Rural Fire Brigade, part on the NSW Rural Fire Service.

They are part of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Southern Border Team which extends from Finley in the west to Jingellic in the East and is bordered by the Murray River to the south.

The brigade attends a number of incidents from bush, structure & motor vehicle fires, to motor vehicle accidents (MVA's), flooding & storm damage both in Splitters Creek and out of area where required.

Splitters Creek is surrounded by the hills and floodplain of the Murray River.