Carter, South Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Carter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57580. The Survey maps it on the Carter quadrangle. It stands 2,172 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1955 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Carter quadrangle1:25000
- 1982 USGS Mission quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Carter between 1999 and 2016, burning about 173 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 110 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FOUR WHEELER FIRE |
| 5 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | BRICKMAN |
| 26 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Winner Volunteer Fire Department | KYLE MOELLER |
| 21 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | BEARING |
| 7 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Rosebud Agency | DUMP FIRE |
| 27 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Witten Volunteer Fire Department | HWY 44 ROAD DITCH |
| 30 November 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | CHAIR |
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 Carter: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlson's Red Butte Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carter in 19 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 12 hail, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Hail | Carter | $5,000 | Golfball sized hail broke windows and skylights. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carter | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carter | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carter | - | A slide was blown off a swing set and broken. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carter | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carter | - | The southeast corner of the Red Hills Saloon roof was torn off by strong wind gusts. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carter | - | Road signs were blown down by strong wind gusts. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Carter | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carter | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Carter | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witten | 7.5 miles | 5 | |
| Jordan Junction | 9.2 miles | 5 | |
| Clearfield | 17.7 miles | 5 | |
| Winner | 18.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ideal | 18.4 miles | 8 | |
| Keyapaha | 19.5 miles | 5 | |
| Millboro | 25.0 miles | 8 | |
| Colome | 27.3 miles | 8 |
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 Carter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5047097 | 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 1254257. 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.



