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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.

Black Horse within Corson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

32 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2000Natural65 acresMcIntosh Volunteer Fire DepartmentKLEIN RANCH
5 September 2000Natural80 acresIsabel Volunteer Fire DepartmentCLINT RECH
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHWY 65
14 September 2017Naturalunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyLIGHTNING-13-17
6 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencySOUTH SIDE
30 August 2000Natural2.0 acresMcLaughlin Volunteer Fire DepartmentWILLDEN RANCH
19 August 1994Natural6.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyBLACKHORSE
16 August 2000Natural40 acresStanding Rock AgencyMCIN8

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Corson County

Storms near this place

45 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBlack Horse-The caller states that estimated wind gusts to 60 mph caused some wind driven small hail damage.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBlack Horse-The public reported many trees uprooted.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBlack Horse-The public reported extensive damage to a large outdoor storage building due to high winds.
June 2021Flash FloodBlack 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 2021Thunderstorm WindBlack Horse-Small tree limbs were downed by estimated sixty mph winds.
July 2017HailBlack Horse-Ping pong sized hail damaged or destroyed some crops.
June 2014Flash FloodBlack 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 2013HailBlack Horse-Hail broke some windows in the house.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBlack Horse-Eighty mph winds downed several trees and damaged a few grain bins.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBlack Horse-Sixty mph winds and nickel size hail caused damage to crops.
August 2012HailBlack Horse-Sixty mph winds and nickel size hail caused damage to crops.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBlack Horse-Sixty mph winds were estimated with no damage reported.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBlack 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 2021HailBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2020HailBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2016HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2014HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2014HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2013HailBlack Horse-no account filed
August 2013HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2013HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2012HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2012HailBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2012HailBlack Horse-no account filed
August 2011HailBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2009HailBlack Horse-no account filed
February 2009FloodBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
August 2008HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2007HailBlack Horse-no account filed
June 2007HailBlack Horse-no account filed
August 2007HailBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2007HailBlack Horse-no account filed
July 2001HailBlack Horse-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Corson 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
Miscol11.9 miles7
McIntosh14.3 miles7
Bullhead16.3 miles8
Watauga16.7 miles7
Walker20.4 miles6
Morristown23.8 miles7
Keldron27.2 miles7
Maple Leaf29.7 miles7

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.