Canova, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Canova town. It lies in ZIP code area 57321. The Survey maps it on the Canova West quadrangle. 89 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,522 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCanova fell from 105 to 89 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 105 | |
| 2020 | 89 | -16 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1899 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Canova West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Salem quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Canova between 2000 and 2020, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | PEARSON |
| 31 October 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RABENHORST |
Storms near this place
32 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canova in 32 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a house. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | $1,000 | Several tree limbs up to 6 to 8 inches in diameter were reported down across Canova. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Canova | - | Hail caused significant damage to vehicles. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | Two to four inch limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds near downtown Canova. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | A large grain bin was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Canova | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Canova | - | Large hail damaged siding and shingles, cracked windows, and dented vehicles. The hail also caused crop damage. The amount of property and crop damage was not known. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few large branches blown down. The winds were accompanied by hail of unknown size with no hail damage noticed. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Canova | - | Large hail broke windows and damaged crops. The amount of property and crop damage was not known. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage and blew down at least one power pole. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | Thunderstorm winds caused damage to trees and power lines. The amount of damage was not known. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including blowing over a large tree which blocked a road. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Canova | - | Large hail caused crop damage. The amount of damage was not determined. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Canova | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Canova | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Canova | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Canova | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Canova | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Canova | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Canova | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Canova | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Canova | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Colony | 8.1 miles | 6 | |
| Howard | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Vilas | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Roswell | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| Argonne | 15.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fedora | 17.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cloverleaf Colony | 20.9 miles | 11 | |
| Carthage | 22.9 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 Canova | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2041681 | 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 1265623. 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.




