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Belvidere, South Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Belvidere town. It lies in ZIP code area 57521. The Survey maps it on the Belvidere quadrangle. 46 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,333 feet above sea level.

Belvidere within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Belvidere fell from 49 to 46 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.

YearPeople Change
201049
202046-3 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Belvidere between 1999 and 2016, burning about 9,403 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBLUM FIRE
26 July 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreKadoka Volunteer Fire DepartmentMILE MARKER 158
23 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
9 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMM159
1 November 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution9,000 acresTrail City Volunteer Fire DepartmentBULLHEAD
12 October 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBELVIDERE TRUCK FIRE

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

60 of 105 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belvidere in 105 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 63 thunderstorm wind, 39 hail, 2 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011HailBelvidere$500,000Large hail caused significant damage to vehicles on Interstate 90 between mile markers 170 and 174. Wind gusts reached 50 mph.
June 2008FloodBelvidere$500,000The White River overflowed its banks from south of Interior to south of Belvidere and covered Highway 44. Flooding was reported along Cottonwood Creek, the South Fork of the Bad River, and their tributaries. Flooding was also reported around Cottonwood, Kadoka, and Interior.
June 2010HailBelvidere$150,000Hail damaged automobiles and buildings in Belvidere.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBelvidere$30,000Thunderstorm wind gusts tore part of a roof off a house, damaged the interior of the house, and scattered the debris across the yard. The garage doors were blown inward and a fuel tank was thrown into a car.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBelvidere$20,000Four semi tractor-trailers were blown over along Interstate 90 between mile markers 170 and 174. Four nearby grain bins and a pole barn were blown down; one flew across the Interstate. Several telephone poles were snapped. Time was estimated by the sheriff.
June 2011Flash FloodBelvidere$20,000Heavy rain flooded a 600 foot section of SD Highway 63 north of Interstate 90, washed out several rural roads, and caused a stock dam to fail. Significant flooding occurred along Ash and Brave Bull Creeks in northeastern Jackson County.
June 2010HailBelvidere$20,000Hail accumulated into drifts.
August 2011HailBelvidere$20,000no account filed
April 2010Thunderstorm WindBelvidere$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew roofs off three pole barns and scattered the tin across a county road.
June 2005HailBelvidere$10,000no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBelvidere$5,000A tractor trailer was blown over by the strong winds.
July 2013HailBelvidere$3,000Large hail damaged the north side of a building.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBelvidere$1,000Signs were blown down by the wind.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025HailBelvidere-Estimated hail size report.
July 2025HailBelvidere-Spotter confirmed hail report.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust, heat burst.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-The spotter estimated wind gusts at around 60 mph.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts of 60 to over 80 mph occurred for about 15 minutes.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph blew around chairs.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-The storm also produced dime sized hail.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-A tractor trailer was blown over by strong winds on Interstate 90 near mile marker 170.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
May 2008FloodBelvidere-Highway 44 south of Kadoka and a few secondary roads were flooded. Minor flooding was observed along the White River, Bear-in-the-Lodge Creek, and their tributaries.
August 2008HailBelvidere-Winds also gusted to 50 mph.
July 2004HailBelvidere-Pea to penny sized hail covered the ground.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-Strong winds of 60-75 mph damaged windows, gardens, trees, fresh bailed hay, and grainerys. Two to four inches of rain also fell.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
May 2023Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
June 2023HailBelvidere-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
June 2023HailBelvidere-no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
July 2021HailBelvidere-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBelvidere-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Stamford10.6 miles5
Kadoka12.6 miles6
Kadoka Junction13.3 miles6
Sevenmile Corner20.6 miles6
Philip Junction22.6 miles6
Weta23.9 miles6
Wanblee27.4 miles7
Long Valley28.2 miles5

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 BelvidereAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1844971The 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 1253842. 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.