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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Beebe quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gettysburg quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2002Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 20 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RAILROAD |
| 19 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Edmunds County | VILHAUER |
| 15 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 26 June 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department | DENNIS HOYLE |
| 5 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge | CROW CREEK WPA |
| 23 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beebe | - | Several livestock shelters were destroyed by estimated 75 mph winds. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Beebe | - | A fifth tornado touchdown occurred seven miles northwest of Ipswich. The tornado lifted quickly with no damage reported. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Beebe | - | A sixth satellite tornado was observed in conjunction with the main tornado. The tornado was brief and caused no damage. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Beebe | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Beebe | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Beebe | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Beebe | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Beebe | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Beebe | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Beebe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Ipswich | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Loyalton | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Plainview Colony | 13.6 miles | 7 | |
| Powell | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Craven Corner | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Craven | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Gretna | 16.9 miles | 7 |
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.



