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Crow Lake, South Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Crow Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57382. It stands on East Fork Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crow Lake quadrangle.

Crow Lake within Jerauld County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Crow Lake between 2000 and 2014, burning about 588 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Natural2

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
14 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBRITTON
28 July 2002Natural80 acresWessington Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentSARGENT FIRE
25 July 2000Debris and open burning400 acresWessington Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentREESE
19 July 2000Debris and open burning60 acresWessington Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentREESE 2
2 June 2002Natural8.0 acresWessington Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentSTOLEN/BARTEL
30 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jerauld County

Storms near this place

42 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crow Lake in 42 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 21 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 4 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
March 2019FloodCrow Lake$250,000Flooding resulted in damage to public infrastructure including county and township roads and culverts.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake$100,000Four large metal grain bins were destroyed by thunderstorm wind gusts, but each of the damaged bins were empty at the time.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Crow Lake$50,000A tornado severely damaged a farm building by causing the collapse of its roof. The tornado also caused tree damage, snapping several off at the trunk. An unknown amount of crop damage was also suspected.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake$50,000Thunderstorm winds caused damage to trees and farm buildings.
June 1998HailCrow Lake$50,000no account filed
June 2014Tornado (EF2)Crow Lake$25,000A tornado destroyed a farm building, damaged trees, and caused an unknown amount of crop damage.
June 2014Tornado (EF2)Crow Lake$20,000A tornado destroyed a farm building and caused tree damage, with trees splintered and debarked.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Crow Lake$15,000A tornado severely damaged the roof of a farm building and caused tree damage.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a hunting lodge.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-The second floor of a hunting lodge was blown apart from thunderstorm winds.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-Several small tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2022HailCrow Lake-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
April 2022HailCrow Lake-Large hail varied in size up to 2.25 inches in diameter.
October 2021HailCrow Lake-A few tree branches up to 2 inches in diameter were also downed by winds estimated at less than 50 mph.
October 2021HailCrow Lake-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
June 2019FloodCrow Lake-During crop planting season, prolonged flooding led to the loss of or inability to plant crops across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
September 2019FloodCrow Lake-Flooding resulted in crop losses across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-Winds uprooted big trees and downed large branches. Corn and wheat flattened.
August 2015HailCrow Lake-Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles.
June 2012HailCrow Lake-Large hail caused an unknown amount of vehicle damage.
March 2011FloodCrow Lake-Melting of a heavy winter snow cover caused flooding of lowlands and small streams, including considerable flooding of farmland. Several roads in the county were flooded. Some of the roads were closed, and some were washed out in spots. The town of Alpena, though not itself flooded, was almost isolated by flooded fields and roads in the area. The flooding onset was rapid for a snow melt flood due to high water and groundwater levels from record precipitation in the year 2010.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including branches blown down.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
April 2022HailCrow Lake-no account filed
April 2022HailCrow Lake-no account filed
April 2022HailCrow Lake-no account filed
October 2021HailCrow Lake-no account filed
October 2021HailCrow Lake-no account filed
August 2020HailCrow Lake-no account filed
August 2015HailCrow Lake-no account filed
August 2015HailCrow Lake-no account filed
June 2014HailCrow Lake-no account filed
September 2012HailCrow Lake-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-no account filed
June 2008HailCrow Lake-no account filed
June 2003HailCrow Lake-no account filed
June 2000HailCrow Lake-no account filed
June 2000HailCrow Lake-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCrow Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jerauld 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
Spring Valley Colony9.7 miles7
Wessington Springs12.3 miles7
Lane18.3 miles9
Alpena25.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261102. 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.