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Castle Rock, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the East Butte unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57760. The Survey maps it on the Castle Rock quadrangle.

Castle Rock within Butte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Castle Rock between 2007 and 2020, burning about 732 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
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use620 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTIN CA
7 July 2017Natural110 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGRAZING ASSOC
15 July 2007Natural2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Storms near this place

60 of 91 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Rock in 91 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 51 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 8 flood, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Flash FloodCastle Rock1 killed, 1 hurtBattle Creek flooded US Highway 85 north of Belle Fourche. A vehicle was swept away by the flowing water; one person had minor injuries but walked to the highway, the other was not found and is presumed dead.
July 2010HailCastle Rock1 hurt, $3,000Large hail broke the windows of a pickup and injured a small child.
June 2008FloodCastle Rock$2,000,000Levels along the Belle Fourche River were among the highest levels ever recorded. Redwater Creek, Willow Creek, Hay Creek, Indian Creek, and their tributaries flooded. Several stock dams failed and the embankment next to the spillway at Newell Lake nearly eroded.
June 2014FloodCastle Rock$100,000Significant flooding occurred along Battle Creek, Fourmile Creek, Alkali Creek, Indian Creek, and the South Fork of the Moreau River. Several roads were flooded, including US Highway 85 between Belle Fourche and Redig, SD Highway 168, Harding Road, and Camp Crook Road.
July 2010HailCastle Rock$75,000The combination of hail and wind damaged homes and automobiles in the area and destroyed wheat crops.
July 2019Flash FloodCastle Rock$40,000Runoff from heavy rainfall washed out Highway 79 in two locations at the Frog Creek and Hans Creek crossings. The flooding also damaged Erk Road near Goeringer Road and south of Graf Road at Warren Creek.
May 2013FloodCastle Rock$25,000After heavy during the early evening caused flash flooding in south central Butte County, additional rain overnight exacerbated the flooding. High water from several tributaries caused minor flooding along the Belle Fourche River, which was two feet deep over the Bismark Bridge east of Vale.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock$25,000A brick chimney was blown off a house, an 80 foot by 100 foot barn lost one third of its roof, and a large Cottonwood tree was snapped off near the ground.
June 2014HailCastle Rock$25,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-SD Mesonet measured wind gust.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-SD Mesonet station recorded wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Gusts of 60 to around 100 mph for at least 15 minutes.
July 2020Tornado (EF0)Castle Rock-A tornado touched down briefly over prairie land near US Highway 85 west of Castle Rock.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Dime sized hail also fell with the storm.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2019FloodCastle Rock-Runoff from heavy rain on already saturated ground caused minor flooding along the South Fork of the Moreau River around SD Highway 79 near Hoover.
July 2019FloodCastle Rock-Flooding continued from runoff of heavy rainfall. Highway 79 was flooded in two places at the Frog Creek and Hans Creek Crossings. The flooding also damaged Erk Road near Goeringer Road and south of Graf Road at Warren Creek.
June 2018HailCastle Rock-Storm chasers found 2 1/2 to three inch diameter hail stones a half an hour after the storm passed.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2016HailCastle Rock-Some hail stones from ping-pong ball to baseball size fell with the storm. Gusts to 40 mph also accompanied the hail.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Thunderstorm winds drove hail through windows and siding and damaged the roof of a house.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
March 2011FloodCastle Rock-Flooding occurred along the South Fork of the Moreau River.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph moved an outhouse 100 yards.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
April 2009FloodCastle Rock-Minor flooding occurred in Belle Fourche, Vale, Newell, Nisland, and Hoover. Highway 212 northwest of Belle Fourche was covered with six inches of water.
June 2008FloodCastle Rock-The South Fork of the Moreau River near Sand Creek was reported to be a mile wide.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
September 2024HailCastle Rock-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
July 2023HailCastle Rock-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
August 2021HailCastle Rock-no account filed
July 2020Funnel CloudCastle Rock-no account filed
July 2020Funnel CloudCastle Rock-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
August 2020HailCastle Rock-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCastle Rock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butte County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hoover13.2 miles6
Arpan17.0 miles9
Newell17.2 miles12
Nisland21.2 miles12
Vale23.8 miles13
Empire24.6 miles13
Fruitdale25.0 miles13
Snoma (historical)26.0 miles13

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 Castle RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709334The 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 1260987. 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.