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Athboy, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the West Corson unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57644. It stands on First Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Horse Butte quadrangle.

Athboy within Corson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Athboy between 1994 and 2017, burning about 15,492 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1994Natural1,591 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestCORSON COUNTY
9 September 1994Natural800 acresStanding Rock AgencyJACOBS
17 September 2000Natural5,000 acresMeadow Volunteer Fire DepartmentMILES
17 September 2000Natural7.0 acresDakota Prairie National GrasslandsTEXLEY FIRE
30 August 2005Natural20 acresStanding Rock AgencyLEMMONVFD
30 August 2005Natural4.6 acresDakota Prairie National GrasslandsDIETTERLE
11 August 2006Natural1.0 acresDakota Prairie National GrasslandsSECOND CREEK 2
4 July 2017Natural3.7 acresDakota Prairie National GrasslandsTHIRD CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Corson County

Storms near this place

32 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Athboy in 32 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 18 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAthboy-Sixty mph winds brought several branches down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAthboy-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAthboy-Eighty mph winds pushed over a semi truck and trailer along with moving some farm equipment slightly from its original position. Some heavy steel feeders were also moved from 250 to 500 yards.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAthboy-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
May 2013HailAthboy-Quarter size hail completely covered the ground.
May 2013HailAthboy-It hailed for about 20 minutes with the largest hail stone being half dollar size.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindAthboy-Seventy mph winds tore apart a wooden swing set.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAthboy-Sixty mph winds downed several branches.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindAthboy-Seventy mph winds downed six power poles.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindAthboy-Sixty mph winds brought some branches down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAthboy-Sixty-five mph winds were estimated northwest of Isabel.
June 2021FloodAthboy-no account filed
March 2019FloodAthboy-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindAthboy-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindAthboy-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAthboy-no account filed
August 2016HailAthboy-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAthboy-no account filed
August 2014HailAthboy-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAthboy-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAthboy-no account filed
July 2009HailAthboy-no account filed
July 2009HailAthboy-no account filed
July 2008HailAthboy-no account filed
July 2008HailAthboy-no account filed
July 2008HailAthboy-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAthboy-no account filed
July 2008HailAthboy-no account filed
July 2008HailAthboy-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAthboy-no account filed
May 2007HailAthboy-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAthboy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Corson County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Thunder Hawk25.3 miles6
Keldron25.4 miles7
Morristown27.3 miles7
Black Horse30.3 miles7
Watauga31.4 miles7
McIntosh38.7 miles7
Miscol40.9 miles7
Bullhead46.5 miles8

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 AthboyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709324The 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 1260976. 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.