BlockBurkmere, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bryant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57438. The Survey maps it on the Burkmere 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.
- 1952 USGS Burkmere quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gettysburg quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Burkmere in 2005, burning about 600 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 600 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DEITER BROTHERS |
Storms near this place
14 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burkmere in 14 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Hail | Burkmere | - | Golf ball hail stripped some leaves off some beans. |
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Burkmere | - | A pole barn was completely destroyed with anchoring poles pulled straight up out of the ground. A second well anchored outbuilding was ripped off of its foundation while a third outbuilding was tossed. Debris from all three destroyed buildings was spread between one half to three quarters of a mile to the northeast across an open field. Debris lumber from the buildings was pierced into the ground. Some fencing was damaged and farm equipment was pushed and tipped over. The main house suffered shingle and siding damage. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkmere | - | Several buildings were damaged by an estimated eighty mph wind. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkmere | - | Estimated eighty mph winds destroyed two greenhouses, damaged the siding on the house, and broke a window. The winds also tipped over an auger and other equipment along with denting a hopper bin. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Burkmere | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Burkmere | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Burkmere | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Burkmere | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkmere | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkmere | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Burkmere | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Burkmere | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkmere | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Burkmere | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood Colony | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Millard | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Faulkton | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Thunderbird Colony | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Seneca | 10.7 miles | 7 | |
| Norbeck | 10.7 miles | 7 | |
| Onaka | 12.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wecota | 13.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1260986. 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.