Bon Homme Colony, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Bon Homme unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57063. It stands on Charley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bon Homme Colony quadrangle. 97 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Bon Homme Colony
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Bon Homme Hutterite Colonylisted 1982 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bon Homme Colony quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Yankton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bon Homme Colony between 2010 and 2016, burning about 1,482 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KOTALIK |
| 22 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KREBER |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WALKER |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1,125 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | COLONY |
| 22 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WALKER |
| 14 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TABOR REC AREA |
| 10 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bon Homme Colony: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Thompson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| E.Pechous Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Henry Frick Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J.J.Hale Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bon Homme Colony in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 5 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Bon Homme Colony | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flooding of several roads, including South Dakota Highway 52 and some county roads. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Bon Homme Colony | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Bon Homme Colony | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Bon Homme Colony | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Bon Homme Colony | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bon Homme Colony | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabor | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Springfield | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Tyndall | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kingsburg | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Running Water | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Perkins | 16.1 miles | 11 | |
| Scotland | 19.7 miles | 12 | |
| Vodnany (historical) | 20.6 miles | 11 |
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 Bon Homme Colony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108684997 | 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 1265132. 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.




