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Centerville, South Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Centerville City. It lies in ZIP code area 57014. It stands on Turkey Ridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Centerville quadrangle. 918 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,227 feet above sea level.

Centerville within Turner County

On record in Centerville

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Centerville grew from 882 to 918 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.

YearPeople Change
2010882
2020918+36 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1999 and 2011, burning about 54 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning1

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
22 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionKNUTSON
7 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionIFD
2 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
12 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
2 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
16 October 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresViborg Volunteer Fire DepartmentJIM HOLM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Turner County

Storms near this place

37 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 37 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 12 flood, 9 hail, 8 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCenterville$250,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and poles, and caused widespread tree damage. Two cars were crushed, and the roofs of at least two houses were damaged by falling trees.
July 2003Flash FloodCenterville$100,000Rainfall of around 5 inches caused flooding of streets, fields, lots, and basements. A grocery store in Centerville lost much of its stock, and the basement flooding caused considerable damage to contents in homes.
July 2004Tornado (F1)Centerville$30,000A tornado destroyed a garage. The tornado also damaged a storage shed and the shelter belt around a farmstead. Four people were briefly trapped in the basement of the house by garage debris, but there were no injuries.
September 2019FloodCenterville$10,000Excessive rainfall from September 10-12 in upper portions of the Vermillion River Basin (6.78 inches 2 miles east of Montrose, 5.63 inches at Montrose) resulted in a crest on the Vermillion River near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) of 1.58 feet above flood stage on September 16. Highway 19 south of Centerville was closed due to high water, along with numerous other county roads.
June 2024FloodCenterville-The Vermillion River near Wakonda rose above flood stage the morning of June 21st, cresting around 4.93 feet above flood stage (18.93 feet) on June 22nd. This crest is in the Major Stage and broke the previous record. The river then fell below flood stage on the evening of June 28th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Turner County.
July 2023HailCenterville-Pea to nickel size hail lasted for several minutes.
April 2020FloodCenterville-The Vermillion River near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) crested 0.3 feet above flood stage on April 1. Main impacts were limited to flooding of agricultural land near the river.
March 2020FloodCenterville-The Vermillion River near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) crested 1.1 feet above flood stage on March 9. Main impacts were limited to flooding of agricultural land near the river.
June 2019FloodCenterville-A continuation of flooding from May, the Vermillion River near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) started at 3.10 feet above flood stage on June 1. Many rural roads near the river were inundated, with continued flooding of significant amounts of agricultural land.
May 2019FloodCenterville-The Vermillion River near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) reached a peak of 3.10 feet above flood stage on May 31. 25000 acres of agricultural land were flooded between Centerville and Vermillion. Several county and state roads were inundated, including Highway 19 in several locations south of Centerville. Major flooding continued at the end of the month.
March 2019FloodCenterville-Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 3.06 inches 7 miles west southwest of Parker and 2.80 inches at Marion) resulted in extensive flooding of agricultural lands and inundation of numerous county and township roads (as well as overtopping State Highway 19 just south of Centerville March 15-18). The Vermillion River near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) reached the highest stage on record cresting 3.7 feet above flood stage on March 17.
May 2019FloodCenterville-The Vermillion River near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) reached a crest of 2.53 feet above flood stage on May 13. Over 10000 acres were again flooded between Centerville and Vermillion, causing additional delays to spring planting activities in the flood plain. Several county and state roads were again inundated by flood waters, including Highway 19 near 299th Street.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Large tree snapped.
April 2019FloodCenterville-Runoff from occasional precipitation in late March and early April produced considerable flooding of agricultural lands along the river between Davis and Vermillion, along with some brief flooding of South Dakota Highway 19 south of Centerville as well as several other county and township roads. The Vermillion River near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) crested at 3.10 feet above flood stage on April 19.
March 2018FloodCenterville-Heavy rainfall along with snow melt and some ice jamming caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along portions of the Vermillion River. The river reached an estimated crest of 0.6 feet above flood stage near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) on March 27.
June 2018FloodCenterville-A week of periodic heavy rainfall ending June 26 resulted in a widespread 5 to 9 inches of rainfall, much of which occurred on June 20 and 25. Specific weekly totals including 6.08 at Montrose, 7.59 near Hurley and 8.57 at Marion. Major flooding occurred with around 25,000 acres of crop and pasture land inundated between Davis and Wakonda, with water crossing highway 19 south of Centerville as the river crested near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) 3.5 feet above flood stage on June 25. The river remained at minor flood stage at the end of the month.
September 2018FloodCenterville-Periodic heavy rainfall from September 18 to September 20 resulted in a widespread accumulation from 3 to 7 inches. Moderate flooding occurred with State Highway 19 and numerous county roads flooded south of Centerville, as well as almost 25 thousand acres of agricultural land inundated between Davis and Vermillion. The Vermillion River near Wakonda (gage site WKAS2) crested 3.0 feet above flood stage on September 24, and dropped below flood stage on September 26.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 6 inch diameter branches blown down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 8 inch diameter limbs blown down.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Centerville-A tornado caused tree damage and raised a large debris cloud.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Centerville-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
June 2003Tornado (F1)Centerville-A tornado damaged farm buildings and crops. The tornado crossed into Turner County from Lincoln County.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Centerville-A weak tornado tracked across farmland and roads.
June 2003Tornado (F2)Centerville-A tornado damaged farm buildings and equipment, as well as crops, trees, and power lines.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Centerville-A weak tornado tracked across farmland.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Centerville-A weak tornado tracked across farmland.
July 2023HailCenterville-no account filed
August 2016HailCenterville-no account filed
June 2009HailCenterville-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindCenterville-no account filed
May 2005HailCenterville-no account filed
September 2005HailCenterville-no account filed
May 2004HailCenterville-no account filed
September 2004HailCenterville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCenterville-no account filed
May 2002HailCenterville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Turner 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
Hooker6.5 miles11
Viborg7.3 miles11
Davis9.7 miles10
Hurley13.2 miles11
Cameron Colony16.7 miles11
Spring Valley17.3 miles11
Chancellor17.5 miles10
Turkey Ridge18.9 miles11

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 CentervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2011407The 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 1267023. 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.