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Dante, South Dakota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Dante town. It lies in ZIP code area 57329. The Survey maps it on the Dante quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,391 feet above sea level.

Dante within Charles Mix County

On record in Dante

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

Population over time

2 figures

Dante fell from 84 to 75 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.

YearPeople Change
201084
202075-9 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

45 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Dante between 2002 and 2020, burning about 827 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHAUCK
6 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor40 acresYankton AgencyA0803011
19 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDANTE FOREST
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresYankton Agency31 COURNOYER
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression#26 KOUPAL
5 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWagner Volunteer Fire DepartmentCLARENCE UHERKA DITCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charles Mix County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dante: 3 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lou Chladek Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moyasis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Soukup PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Charles Mix County

Storms near this place

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dante in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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
July 2001Thunderstorm WindDante$100,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed part of a large cattle shed. There was no livestock in the building at the time.
May 1993HailDante$50,000Tennis ball-size hail pounded a farm, killing two calves, breaking windows, damaging tractors, and leaving two inch holes in a utility shed and in the lawn. Other farms in the area also sustained some hail and wind damage.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDante$2,000no account filed
May 2025HailDante-The ground was covered by pea to quarter-sized hail.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDante-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor|4 miles northeast of Dante.
June 2023HailDante-Hail up to walnut size was accompanied by heavy rainfall.
July 2023HailDante-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDante-A large grain bin was severely damaged. Multiple nearby farm outbuildings were also damaged. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDante-A large trailer was flipped and wedged against a barn.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDante-A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDante-Extensive damage was done to numerous buildings in Dante. An 80 foot by 200 foot building and 42 foot by 60 foot building each had only one remaining wall standing. Numerous trees were uprooted, and several roofs were ripped off businesses.
May 2018HailDante-Hail covered the ground. Most hail less than quarter size.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDante-With dry conditions over the preceding 7 to 10 days, strong outflow pushing out ahead of thunderstorms created widespread blowing dust with visibility of less than a quarter mile. Winds estimated to gust to 60 mph based on social media video.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDante-Thunderstorm winds caused an unknowm amount of tree damage.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDante-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including branches blown down.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Dante-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDante-Thunderstorms winds caused tree damage.
September 2010Flash FloodDante-Heavy rain caused flash flooding and closing of several roads.
August 2009HailDante-Large hail caused damage to crops. The amount of damage was not known.
June 2008Flash FloodDante-Heavy rain of around 3 inches caused flash flooding of roads in and near the town of Dante.
June 2008HailDante-Hail was mostly pea size, but there were a few stones up to the size of golf balls.
August 2007HailDante-Large hail was accompanied by estimated 50 mph wind gusts.
August 2007HailDante-Very large hail included a hailstone 6 7/8 inches in diameter verified by the warning and coordination Meteorologist. The large hail included numerous stones around softball size. Damage included holes in roofs, broken rafters, broken awnings, numerous broken windows and dented vehicles, damaged siding, divots in the ground up to 12 inches long and 3 inches deep, and damaged crops. The amount of property and crop damage was not known.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDante-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including small trees blown down.
August 2000HailDante-Large hail damaged corn and soybean crops over a large area. Some corn crops were completely destroyed.
September 2025HailDante-no account filed
April 2018HailDante-no account filed
August 2017HailDante-no account filed
May 2016HailDante-no account filed
May 2011HailDante-no account filed
April 2011HailDante-no account filed
May 2011HailDante-no account filed
August 2009HailDante-no account filed
May 2008HailDante-no account filed
June 2008HailDante-no account filed
July 2007HailDante-no account filed
May 2007HailDante-no account filed
May 2002HailDante-no account filed
July 2002HailDante-no account filed
August 2002HailDante-no account filed
August 2000HailDante-no account filed
June 1999HailDante-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charles Mix 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
Wagner6.4 miles11
Clearfield Colony7.6 miles9
Marty13.2 miles10
Greenwood13.4 miles10
Ravinia14.5 miles10
Pickstown18.5 miles10
Dezera19.0 miles11
Lake View Colony19.4 miles10

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 DanteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2984184The 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 1254601. 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.