BlockCapa, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Jones unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57552. The Survey maps it on the Capa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1951 USGS Capa quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Capa between 1998 and 2015, burning about 261 acres in total. 2 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 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2006 | Natural | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MILLER MATHEWS LIGHTNING FIRE |
| 21 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MILLER MATHEWS LIGHTNING FIRE FLARE UP |
| 15 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MATHEWS |
| 13 April 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Rapid City Fire Department | 98-1093 |
Storms near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Capa in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 hail, 7 flood, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Capa | $54,400 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Capa | - | A storm produced hail for nearly 30 minutes with large hail to quarter size occurring at the end of the storm. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capa | - | Severe winds to seventy mph damaged some corn crops. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Capa | - | Some county and township roads were flooded. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capa | - | Sixty mph winds downed several tree branches. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capa | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capa | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Capa | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Flood | Capa | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flood | Capa | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Capa | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Capa | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Capa | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Capa | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flood | Capa | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Capa | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Capa | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Capa | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capa | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Capa | - | 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 1254232. 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.