Andover, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Andover town. It lies in ZIP code area 57422. The Survey maps it on the Andover quadrangle. 66 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,480 feet above sea level.
On record in Andover
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Waldorf Hotellisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresAndover fell from 91 to 66 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 66 | -25 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Andover quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Webster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Andover between 2000 and 2017, burning about 99 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BNSF |
| 12 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TOWNSEND |
| 9 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ANDOVER |
| 5 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Bristol Volunteer Fire Department | ROGER VETTER |
| 16 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HORTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
34 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Andover in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Andover | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | A farm shop lost its roof from winds near 70 mph. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Eighty mph winds downed numerous trees in Andover along with many power poles. There was damage to vehicles and buildings from large hail and high winds. Windows were broken and siding was damaged. There was also extensive damage to crops near Andover with hail piled up to a foot or so in ditches. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Damage to fabric roof of Wheat Grower's hoop barn. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Eighty mph winds took the roof off a barn and completely destroyed a metal hoop barn. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Eight empty rail cars were derailed by ninety mph winds. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Andover | - | Very heavy rains of 4 to 5 inches flooded a road southeast of Andover. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Several trees were downed in Andover along with many tree branches. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Eighty mph winds tipped over a grain bin, hopper, and a trailer and also moved an empty 12,000 gallon fuel tank across the yard. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Andover | - | A tornado touched down briefly south of Andover with no damage reported. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Sixty mph winds uprooted a medium size tree. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Andover | - | Widespread flooding from very heavy rains continued across much of Day county into May 7th. Many roads were damaged and several were washed out. Many homes received water in their basements with some damage occurring. Also, thousands of acres of cropland were inundated with seeds and fertilizer washed away.| |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Andover | - | Very heavy rains of 3 to 6 inches fell across much of Day County causing flash flooding. Many roads were damaged and several were washed out. Many homes received water in their basements with some damage occurring. Also, thousands of acres of cropland were inundated with seeds and fertilzer washed away.||Rainfall amounts included 4.47 inches at Andover, and 4.90 inches at Webster. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Andover | - | Heavy rains of 3 to 6 inches fell across much of Day County flooding cropland and many roads. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Eighty mph winds destroyed a large grain bin, destroyed two sheds, and did extensive damage to the roof of a barn. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Winds to 80 mph brought down many trees and branches throughout Andover. Eight power poles were snapped off by the high winds leaving Andover and a few surrounding farms without power for several hours. Some of the fallen trees and branches also snapped several power lines and broke some windows. At the James Valley Threshing show grounds in Andover, one building had its top blown off and its sides twisted. Also, a pole barn was completely torn apart and some machinery was rolled over by the high winds. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | On a farm, south of Andover, high winds destroyed one building, blew the roofs off of two others, downed numerous trees, and downed some power lines. As a result, the farm was without power for many hours. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Andover | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Andover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1931231 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265608. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



