Canning, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Hughes unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57501. It lies near Brekke Draw. The Survey maps it on the Canning quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1934 USGS Canning quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Canning quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Canning quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Canning between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,170 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 26 August 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 365 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CANNING CA |
| 8 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 49 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KORKOW LEESMANN |
| 7 July 2016 | Natural | 750 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MEDICEN KNOLL |
| 7 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KORKOW |
| 16 April 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canning in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canning | - | Severe winds took part of the roof off a barn which killed two calves. The overhead door on another building was blown in. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canning | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Canning | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canning | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Canning | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Canning | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Canning | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Canning | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Canning | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Canning | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canning | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Canning | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1254226. 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.





