Black Horse, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the West Corson unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57660. It stands on Soldier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Horse 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.
- 1953 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Black Horse quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Black Horse between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,860 acres in total. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 65 acres | McIntosh Volunteer Fire Department | KLEIN RANCH |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 80 acres | Isabel Volunteer Fire Department | CLINT RECH |
| 27 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HWY 65 |
| 14 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | LIGHTNING-13-17 |
| 6 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | SOUTH SIDE |
| 30 August 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | McLaughlin Volunteer Fire Department | WILLDEN RANCH |
| 19 August 1994 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | BLACKHORSE |
| 16 August 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | Standing Rock Agency | MCIN8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
45 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Black Horse in 45 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 32 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | The caller states that estimated wind gusts to 60 mph caused some wind driven small hail damage. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | The public reported many trees uprooted. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | The public reported extensive damage to a large outdoor storage building due to high winds. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Black Horse | - | Thunderstorms produced very heavy rains of up to 10.35 inches 4 miles north of Firesteel in central Corson County during the evening hours of June 8th. As a result, water ran over a county road, stock dams were overtopped and planted fields were completely washed out. Several reports of flooded basements were also documented. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | Small tree limbs were downed by estimated sixty mph winds. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Black Horse | - | Ping pong sized hail damaged or destroyed some crops. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Black Horse | - | Very heavy rains of 3 to 4 inches resulted in flash flooding with a man made dam washed out. Also, the yard was flooded at a residence with water pouring into the basement. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Black Horse | - | Hail broke some windows in the house. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | Eighty mph winds downed several trees and damaged a few grain bins. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | Sixty mph winds and nickel size hail caused damage to crops. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Black Horse | - | Sixty mph winds and nickel size hail caused damage to crops. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated with no damage reported. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | Eighty mph winds took the roof off of several pole barns, broke a pine tree off at the ground, tipped over a couple horse trailers, and blew a chimney off a house. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Flood | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Black Horse | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Black Horse | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscol | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| McIntosh | 14.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bullhead | 16.3 miles | 8 | |
| Watauga | 16.7 miles | 7 | |
| Walker | 20.4 miles | 6 | |
| Morristown | 23.8 miles | 7 | |
| Keldron | 27.2 miles | 7 | |
| Maple Leaf | 29.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261096. 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.



