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Dalesburg, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Garfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57014. The Survey maps it on the Hub City quadrangle.

Dalesburg within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Dalesburg between 1999 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. None 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresVermillion Volunteer Fire DepartmentHUOT
5 April 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlcester Volunteer Fire DepartmentWEST INTERSTATE
23 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionNONE
22 November 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlcester Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
2 November 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
18 November 1999Debris and open burning100 acresWakonda Fire & RescueHWY 19 & 302 ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dalesburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Wrigg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

22 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalesburg in 22 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDalesburg$25,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a farm building and heavily damaged two others.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDalesburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by South Dakota Mesonet station BFMS2 Beresford 7 WSW.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDalesburg-An extended period of thunderstorm wind gusts was measured by South Dakota Mesonet station BFMS2 Beresford 7 WSW.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDalesburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts as high as 63 mph were measured by South Dakota State University Mesonet site BFMS2 7 miles west-southwest of Beresford.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDalesburg-A thunderstorm wind gust of 82 mph was measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site BFMS2 5 miles south-southeast of Centerville. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindDalesburg-A thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph was measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site BFMS2 7 miles west-southwest of Beresford.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDalesburg-A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site BFMS2 3 miles south-southwest of Beresford.
July 2021HailDalesburg-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDalesburg-SDSU Mesonet station at Beresford measured the wind gust.
June 2010HailDalesburg-Large hail was accompanied by estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDalesburg-Thunderstorm winds caused minor tree damage. The winds were accompanied by quarter size hail.
September 2010HailDalesburg-Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles.
June 2005Flash FloodDalesburg-Heavy rain caused flooding of roads and low areas, including several yards. Flooding of basements resulted in damage to several houses. The flooding also damaged trees. The amount of damage was not known.
June 2005HailDalesburg-Large hail caused damage to vehicles and crops. The amount of damage was not known.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Dalesburg-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Dalesburg-A weak tornado caused no reported damage.
October 2020HailDalesburg-no account filed
August 2013HailDalesburg-no account filed
August 2011HailDalesburg-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDalesburg-no account filed
June 2005HailDalesburg-no account filed
June 2005HailDalesburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Hub City1.6 miles18
Marshalltown (historical)2.5 miles18
Lodi4.2 miles18
Komstad (historical)4.3 miles10
Bloomingdale4.6 miles18
Clay Point4.6 miles18
Riverside (historical)6.1 miles11
Colfax Corner6.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265173. 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.