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Bullhead, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the East Corson unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57621. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bullhead quadrangle. 308 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,775 feet above sea level.

Bullhead within Corson County

Population over time

2 figures

Bullhead fell from 348 to 308 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010348
2020308-40 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Bullhead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,949 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 30 were 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/undetermined41
Fireworks35
Arson/incendiarism30
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Debris and open burning21
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Other causes6
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyBULLROCK
5 September 2000Natural25 acresStanding Rock AgencyMCL13
5 September 1996Natural5.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyBULLHEAD F
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyMCL12
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyNORTHCREEK
29 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor25 acresStanding Rock AgencyGRAND RIVE
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyOLD SHELTER
25 September 1997Other causes1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyKATIE W

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Corson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bullhead: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Corson County

Storms near this place

55 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bullhead in 55 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 38 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 wildfire, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBullhead-Estimated 100 mph winds took the roof off a barn. A nearby mesonet station recorded a wind gust of over 100 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBullhead-Estimated 100 mph winds took shingles off a home and tin off an outbuilding along with downing many large tree branches. A nearby mesonet station recorded a wind gust of over 100 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBullhead-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 1999Flash FloodBullhead-Heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches caused flash flooding on a creek feeding into the Grand River. At a ranch southwest of Bullhead, a wall of water coming down the creek had moved the bunkhouse off of its foundation crushing part of it. All of the contents in the bunkhouse were destroyed. The machine shop was washed away along with several pieces of equipment and many tools. Some tools and equipment were found more than a mile down the creek. The pumphouse and grain bin were destroyed. A pickup was also washed down the creek and a propane tank near the house was rolled over. A colt was picked up by the water but managed to escape. The powerful flow of water took out several dead trees and washed them downstream. Finally, a road and a culvert were washed out by the flash flood.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
September 2021Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2018HailBullhead-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2013HailBullhead-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2011HailBullhead-no account filed
August 2011HailBullhead-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBullhead-no account filed
July 2008HailBullhead-no account filed
July 2008HailBullhead-no account filed
May 2007HailBullhead-no account filed
June 2007HailBullhead-no account filed
June 2007HailBullhead-no account filed
August 2006HailBullhead-no account filed
June 2005HailBullhead-no account filed
August 2004HailBullhead-no account filed
June 2003HailBullhead-no account filed
November 1999WildfireBullhead-no account filed
October 1999WildfireBullhead-no account filed
June 1998HailBullhead-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
Miscol7.5 miles7
Walker10.0 miles6
McLaughlin14.7 miles8
Maple Leaf14.9 miles7
Little Eagle15.9 miles8
Black Horse16.3 miles7
McIntosh17.9 miles7
Mahto21.4 miles7

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 BullheadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2324887The 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 1254153. 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.