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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1942 USGS Crow Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Crow Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BRITTON |
| 28 July 2002 | Natural | 80 acres | Wessington Springs Volunteer Fire Department | SARGENT FIRE |
| 25 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 400 acres | Wessington Springs Volunteer Fire Department | REESE |
| 19 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Wessington Springs Volunteer Fire Department | REESE 2 |
| 2 June 2002 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Wessington Springs Volunteer Fire Department | STOLEN/BARTEL |
| 30 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Crow Lake | $250,000 | Flooding resulted in damage to public infrastructure including county and township roads and culverts. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | $100,000 | Four large metal grain bins were destroyed by thunderstorm wind gusts, but each of the damaged bins were empty at the time. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Crow Lake | $50,000 | A 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused damage to trees and farm buildings. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Crow Lake | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF2) | Crow Lake | $25,000 | A tornado destroyed a farm building, damaged trees, and caused an unknown amount of crop damage. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF2) | Crow Lake | $20,000 | A tornado destroyed a farm building and caused tree damage, with trees splintered and debarked. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Crow Lake | $15,000 | A tornado severely damaged the roof of a farm building and caused tree damage. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a hunting lodge. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | The second floor of a hunting lodge was blown apart from thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | Several small tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | Large hail varied in size up to 2.25 inches in diameter. |
| October 2021 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | A few tree branches up to 2 inches in diameter were also downed by winds estimated at less than 50 mph. |
| October 2021 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Crow 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 2019 | Flood | Crow Lake | - | Flooding resulted in crop losses across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | Winds uprooted big trees and downed large branches. Corn and wheat flattened. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of vehicle damage. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Crow 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including branches blown down. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Crow Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crow Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley Colony | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Wessington Springs | 12.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lane | 18.3 miles | 9 | |
| Alpena | 25.1 miles | 9 |
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.





