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Corson, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brandon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57005. The Survey maps it on the Brandon quadrangle. It stands 1,362 feet above sea level.

Corson within Minnehaha County

On record in Corson

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

47 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Corson between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,927 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
29 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use40 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionINC # 106 9/29/2020
27 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionINC NO 104 9/27.2020
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionFULTON TREE LINE FIRE
14 September 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionI90 FIRE
13 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression2012-491
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression2012-429
7 July 2012Smoking1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression2012-392
5 July 1999Fireworks22 acresMcLaughlin Volunteer Fire DepartmentDUMPSTER / GRASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Minnehaha County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Corson: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albert Anderson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brandon City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brandon MaterialsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Railroad PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rovac Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scholten PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Swanson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Minnehaha County

Storms near this place

12 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corson in 12 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2022Tornado (EF1)Corson-A tornado developed approximately two miles east of Brandon, just south of State Highway 138 west of 484th Avenue. The tornado moved eastward and toppled several large trees shortly after touchdown, then turned to more of a east-southeast direction. After tracking about one-quarter mile, the tornado did the greatest damage along its track at the Beaver Valley Lutheran Church, where a large portion of the roof was removed. The tornado continued another couple tenths of a mile across open fields before it dissipated. The estimated maximum wind speed was 105 mph and the average path width was 50 yards.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCorson-A large tree limb was blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2020Funnel CloudCorson-Multiple reports were received from spotters and law enforcement of non-thunderstorm funnel clouds.
June 2014Heavy RainCorson-Rainfall of 3.71 inches was recorded.
May 2012FloodCorson-Heavy rain caused minor lowland flooding of Split Rock Creek. The creek crested at 1.98 feet above flood stage on May 7th.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindCorson-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
September 2010FloodCorson-Heavy rain caused record flooding of Split Rock Creek. Numerous roads and yards were flooded in and near Corson and Brandon, with the water reaching some homes and businesses, including two local golf courses. Further threatened flooding was partially prevented by sandbagging. The creek crested at 6.84 feet above flood stage at Corson on September 24th.
March 2010FloodCorson-Rapid melting of a heavy winter snowpack caused flooding of Split Rock creek in the Corson area, with a crest of 2.5 feet above flood stage reported. The flooding affected farmland near the creek.
June 2025HailCorson-no account filed
July 2019HailCorson-no account filed
June 2014HailCorson-no account filed
May 2011HailCorson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Minnehaha 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
Brandon1.5 miles8
Indian Hill Division4.1 miles8
Hill Ridge Development5.2 miles9
Pine Lakes Addition5.6 miles9
Ingberg Tracts5.6 miles9
Valley Springs6.0 miles8
Andys Acres6.3 miles8
Cactus Heights6.4 miles9

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 CorsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5173190The 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 1254471. 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.