Baltic, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Baltic City. It lies in ZIP code area 57003. The Survey maps it on the Dell Rapids quadrangle. 1,246 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,476 feet above sea level.
On record in Baltic
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
- Hans J. Hilmoe Barnlisted 2010
Population over time
2 figuresBaltic grew from 1,089 to 1,246 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 | 1,089 | |
| 2020 | 1,246 | +157 (+14%) |
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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dell Rapids quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Baltic between 2012 and 2013, burning about 5 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I-29 MM100 |
| 14 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnehaha County | MM 89 |
| 7 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RAILROAD FIRE |
| 17 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NESHEIM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Baltic: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Rapids Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brandie Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baltic in 22 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baltic | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, with a large limb damaging the roof of a house when it fell. Several vehicles were damaged by tree debris. Power lines were blown down, resulting in a power outage. The winds damaged crops, especially corn, but the amount of crop damage could not be determined. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baltic | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and destroyed a storage building on a church property. The church building had several windows blown out and part of its siding ripped off. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baltic | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down construction signs and a light pole. The winds were accompanied by large hail. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baltic | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 71 mph was measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site BTCS2 3 miles southeast of Baltic. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baltic | - | A large tree limb was broken off by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baltic | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site 3 miles southeast of Baltic (BTCS2). |
| August 2014 | Hail | Baltic | - | Large hail was accompanied by damaging winds. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Baltic | - | Golf ball size hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Baltic | - | Rainfall of 2.40 inches was measured. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Baltic | - | A tornado caused damage to silos, farm buildings, power lines, and numerous trees. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Baltic | - | Heavy rain caused flooding of roads and other low areas. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Baltic | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Baltic | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baltic | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Baltic | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Baltic | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Baltic | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Baltic | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Baltic | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Baltic | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Baltic | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baltic | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dell Rapids | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Morefield | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lyons | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sorum Heights | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Crooks | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sorum Addition | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Johnsons Addition | 8.0 miles | 8 |
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 Baltic | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2510610 | 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 1265611. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.



