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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.

Clearfield within Tripp County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

11 since 2000

Regional 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
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
21 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use350 acresWinner Volunteer Fire DepartmentAHLMAN AND DOCKER
8 August 2004Natural75 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLEROY LITTAU
17 August 2004Natural5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 July 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution4.3 acresRosebud AgencyWALN VFD
31 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use15 acresWinner Volunteer Fire DepartmentLARRY SARGENT
3 July 2013Fireworksunder an acreRosebud AgencyBALL FIELD
30 June 2003Natural20 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
14 February 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionISHMAEL 21412

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tripp County

Storms near this place

30 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011HailClearfield$50,000no account filed
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Clearfield$25,000A 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 2009Tornado (EF1)Clearfield$3,000A 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 2009Tornado (EF1)Clearfield$2,000A 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 2025HailClearfield-Storm chaser report.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindClearfield-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindClearfield-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindClearfield-Wind gusts snapped tree branches.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindClearfield-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindClearfield-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Clearfield-Brief touchdown. Path width and length estimated.
May 2024HailClearfield-no account filed
June 2019HailClearfield-no account filed
July 2019HailClearfield-no account filed
August 2017HailClearfield-no account filed
August 2011HailClearfield-no account filed
August 2011HailClearfield-no account filed
June 2011HailClearfield-no account filed
June 2011HailClearfield-no account filed
June 2011HailClearfield-no account filed
May 2010HailClearfield-no account filed
June 2010HailClearfield-no account filed
June 2010HailClearfield-no account filed
May 2009HailClearfield-no account filed
August 2009HailClearfield-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindClearfield-no account filed
August 2004HailClearfield-no account filed
May 2002HailClearfield-no account filed
June 2002HailClearfield-no account filed
July 2000Tornado (F0)Clearfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tripp 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
Keyapaha7.1 miles5
Millboro7.3 miles8
Jordan Junction14.9 miles5
Winner16.9 miles8
Wewela17.0 miles8
Carter17.7 miles5
Colome17.8 miles8
Witten18.9 miles5

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 ClearfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5130841The 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.