BlockBemis, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Goodwin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57238. It lies near Buffalo Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bemis quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Bemis quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Bemis between 1998 and 2019, burning about 300 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FARM FIRE |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BOSWELL |
| 4 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 29 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LONGVIEW |
| 21 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RUST FIRE |
| 18 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 20 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Clear Lake Volunteer Fire Department | 471 AVENUE |
| 10 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bemis in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF3) | Bemis | - | A grain bin in a field near 496th Ave and 179th Street was ripped from the base and tossed a mile to the northeast. Roughly three and a half miles northeast on 176th St a farmstead lost several outbuildings and had roof and window damage to the home. Another two miles to the northeast three metal truss transmission towers were damaged, one completely twisted and collapsed. The strongest winds were confined to the area of the transmission towers. Roughly three and a half miles northeast, just north of US Highway 212, a shed was destroyed and a path was noted through a shelterbelt. The very last indications of the tornado was north of 169th Street on 476th Ave where the path was noted through a shelter belt. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Bemis | - | The hail was estimated to range between dime and quarter size. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Bemis | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Bemis | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Bemis | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bemis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Altamont | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Tunerville | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Clear Lake | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Moritz | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Brandt | 16.8 miles | 8 | |
| Johnsonville | 20.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gary | 21.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265615. 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.