BlockBeardsley, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in German Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57366. The Survey maps it on the Beardsley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1898 USGS Olivet quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Beardsley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Beardsley between 2014 and 2020, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LONETREE CREEK |
| 1 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HOFF DITCH |
| 26 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MILLER |
| 19 November 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DUANE HEISINGER |
| 7 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HWY 18 AMISH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beardsley in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 7 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beardsley | $100,000 | Two large silos suffered considerable damage with roofs collapsed. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Beardsley | - | Hail stripped some leaves from corn and soybeans. Crop damages are estimates from insured amounts. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Beardsley | - | Hail up to golf ball size fell for a few minutes. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Beardsley | - | First of four hail events of the day. Remainder were all smaller than dime size. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Beardsley | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to corn crops. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Beardsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Beardsley | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Beardsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Beardsley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tripp | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Parkston | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Kaylor | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Dimock | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Milltown | 12.9 miles | 11 | |
| New Elm Springs Colony | 15.5 miles | 11 | |
| Tschetter Colony | 16.5 miles | 11 | |
| Old Elm Spring Colony | 16.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1260979. 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.