Caputa, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rapid City East unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57725. The Survey maps it on the Caputa quadrangle. 32 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,907 feet above sea level.
On record in Caputa
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Caputa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1981 USGS Wall quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Caputa between 1992 and 2016, burning about 34,148 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAMMERQUIST RD |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 135 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ANTELOPE 2 CA |
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 154TH AVE |
| 1 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAY FIELD |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ANTELOPE CREEK |
| 28 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 22 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FARMINGDALE |
| 22 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | IFR CA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Caputa: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caputa in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 13 hail, 12 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 2011 | Hail | Caputa | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | $100 | Wind gusts estimated at 80 mph bent a flag pole. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | SD mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 80 mph. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | Some tree damage. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Caputa | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caputa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmingdale | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Green Valley | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Warbonnet | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Murphy | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Box Elder | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Rapid Valley | 9.9 miles | 19 | |
| New Underwood | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Twilight Hills Addition | 10.6 miles | 19 |
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 Caputa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5037151 | 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 1261407. 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.


