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Beebe, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Huntley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57471. The Survey maps it on the Beebe quadrangle.

Beebe within Edmunds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Beebe between 2002 and 2015, burning about 307 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2

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
20 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
3 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
20 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionRAILROAD
19 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresEdmunds CountyVILHAUER
15 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use18 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
26 June 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRoscoe Volunteer Fire DepartmentDENNIS HOYLE
5 May 2002Debris and open burning200 acresSand Lake National Wildlife RefugeCROW CREEK WPA
23 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edmunds County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beebe in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 7 hail, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBeebe-Several livestock shelters were destroyed by estimated 75 mph winds.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Beebe-A fifth tornado touchdown occurred seven miles northwest of Ipswich. The tornado lifted quickly with no damage reported.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Beebe-A sixth satellite tornado was observed in conjunction with the main tornado. The tornado was brief and caused no damage.
July 2019HailBeebe-no account filed
July 2015HailBeebe-no account filed
August 2012HailBeebe-no account filed
August 2012HailBeebe-no account filed
June 2009HailBeebe-no account filed
July 2008HailBeebe-no account filed
July 2008HailBeebe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edmunds 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
Roscoe7.6 miles7
Ipswich8.8 miles7
Loyalton12.0 miles7
Plainview Colony13.6 miles7
Powell14.0 miles7
Craven Corner14.3 miles8
Craven14.3 miles8
Gretna16.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1260980. 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.