Clearfield, South Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wortman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57580. The Survey maps it on the Clearfield quadrangle. It stands 2,274 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 Clearfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mission quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Clearfield between 2000 and 2013, burning about 555 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Winner Volunteer Fire Department | AHLMAN AND DOCKER |
| 8 August 2004 | Natural | 75 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LEROY LITTAU |
| 17 August 2004 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 July 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.3 acres | Rosebud Agency | WALN VFD |
| 31 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Winner Volunteer Fire Department | LARRY SARGENT |
| 3 July 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | BALL FIELD |
| 30 June 2003 | Natural | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 14 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ISHMAEL 21412 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clearfield in 30 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 19 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Hail | Clearfield | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Clearfield | $25,000 | A brief tornado touched down north of Clearfield in southwestern Tripp County and tracked across a farm, causing considerable property damage. Two livestock trailers were tossed by the winds estimated near 100 mph. A pole shed was destroyed with the poles torn from the ground and metal siding and roof blown across the yard. The home had roof and siding damage. Two power poles were downed. There were no injuries. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Clearfield | $3,000 | A small tornado trouched down on a farm west of the intersection of 286th Street and 313th Avenue. The tornado blew a garage off its foundation, tipped over a combine, and snapped large cottonwood trees. Event times were estimated from radar data. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Clearfield | $2,000 | A small tornado tracked across Dog Ear Township from 311th Avenue to near the intersection of 289th Street and 312th Avenue. The tornado blew down large cottonwood trees. Event times were estimated from radar data. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Clearfield | - | Storm chaser report. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | - | Wind gusts snapped tree branches. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Clearfield | - | Brief touchdown. Path width and length estimated. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Clearfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Clearfield | - | 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.
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 Clearfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5130841 | 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 1260989. 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.



