Beresford, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beresford City. It lies in ZIP code area 57004. The Survey maps it on the Beresford quadrangle. 2,180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,499 feet above sea level.
On record in Beresford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Governor William J. Bulow Houselisted 1986
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depotlisted 1985
John August Larson Homelisted 1985- J. W. Reedy Houselisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1897 USGS Canton quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Canton quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Beresford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rock Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Beresford between 1998 and 2018, burning about 120 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 9152011 |
| 10 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NA |
| 28 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rapid City Fire Department | 98-1982 |
| 12 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WESTBERG |
| 8 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 30634 |
| 22 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GLEN |
| 29 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TTT |
| 3 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 300TH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Beresford: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christenson Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Higman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beresford in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beresford | 2 hurt, $50,000 | Thunderstorm Winds overturned a trailer and damaged trees. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Beresford | $5,000,000 | A hailstorm pelted the Beresford area with hail up to three inches in diameter. Around 300 cars and at least 200 roofs sustained hail damage. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beresford | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a construction crane and a few trees. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beresford | $5,000 | A mobile home was overturned with several injuries. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Beresford | - | Multiple roadways and intersections were inundated by water deep enough to impede travel. |
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.
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 Beresford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q287417 | The 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 1267667. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





