Crooks, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Crooks City. It lies in ZIP code area 57020. The Survey maps it on the Crooks quadrangle. 1,362 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,588 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCrooks grew from 1,269 to 1,362 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,269 | |
| 2020 | 1,362 | +93 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Crooks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Crooks between 1999 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I 90 |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | N. KIWANIS FIRE |
| 19 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnehaha County | I-29MM87 |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnehaha County | I-90 MM 398 |
| 11 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 June 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 18 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnehaha County | HORIZON DR FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crooks: 1 unknown. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
43 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crooks in 43 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 22 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Crooks | $50,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roads, putting several roads in the town of Crooks under water. Basement flooding was also reported. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | $8,000 | Several rows of shingles were blown off a house and garage by thunderstorm winds. | A large tree in the adjoining yard was also blown down. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Crooks | $2,000 | The brief landspout touched down in a cornfield near the intersection of 467th Avenue and 258th Street. The tornado traveled generally toward the east southeast just on the north side of 258th Street, striking a farm outbuilding and removing several metal roof panels at the very end of its track. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | Thunderstorm wind gust to 59 mph was measured by a personal weather station 1 mile southwest of Crooks. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | A personal weather station measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Crooks | - | Repeated heavy rains caused moderate flooding of Willow Creek, flooding cropland and pastureland. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees and numerous branches blown down. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Crooks | - | Rainfall of 5.00 inches was measured. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Crooks | - | A few days of melting snow in mild weather caused minor flooding of Willow Creek near Crooks, northwest of Sioux Falls. Mainly pastureland was affected. The creek crested at 1.9 feet above flood stage on February 18th.. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Crooks | - | Rapid melting of a heavy winter snowpack caused flooding of Skunk Creek and Willow Creek, with each cresting around 2 feet above flood stage near Hartford and Crooks. Fields along the creeks were flooded. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Crooks | - | Recurring heavy rain cause minor flooding of Skunk and Willow Creeks, with each cresting at less than a foot above flood stage. A few small lowland areas sustained minor flooding. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a large tree blown down and blocking a highway. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a one foot diameter tree split. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few branches blown down. The winds were accompanied by dime size hail. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Crooks | - | Dime size hail was accompanied by damaging winds. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. The amount of damage was not known. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines, causing a power outage. The winds also caused tree damage, with several trees blown down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | Thunderstorm winds flattened corn crops. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Crooks | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooks | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnsons Addition | 0.4 miles | 8 | |
| Morefield | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ellis Corner | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Renner | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Swanson's Tracts | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Skyline Heights | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lyons | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sorum Addition | 5.3 miles | 8 |
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 Crooks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2656672 | 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 1265631. 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.



