Duxbury, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mellette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57461. The Survey maps it on the Mellette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1895 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Mellette quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Duxbury between 1999 and 2018, burning about 835 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SEC 19 BEANFIRE |
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SEC 21 BEANFIELD |
| 16 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 30 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 22 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sioux Falls Fire Department | I 29 AND 60TH STREET |
| 21 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 June 2018 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | THOMPSON, NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE |
| 1 May 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 83 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FUHRAMAN WPA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
37 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duxbury in 37 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 34 flood, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Duxbury | - | The James River flooded across Spink county throughout April at both gauging sites of Redfield and Ashton. Flooding on the James River near Redfield in late March continued to rise above the flood stage of 20 feet throughout April to major flood stage, nearly 27 feet, by April 22nd. The James River near Ashton rose above the flood stage of 13 feet on April 1st to major flood stage of 23.20 feet on April 23rd. Agricultural land along with several roads along the river were flooded. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Duxbury | - | The James River at Ashton flooded throughout May while the James River at Redfield flooded early on in May and again in late May. The highest stages at both locations occurred in late April. The James River at Redfield rose to nearly 27 feet in late April while the James River at Ashton rose to just over 23 feet in late April. The flood stage at Redfield is 20 feet and 13 feet at Ashton. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | The James River went above flood stage in Spink county on March 20th continuing through the end of the month and into April. The river rose to 22 to 26 feet at both Ashton and Redfield or 6 to 9 feet above flood stage. These moderate to major stages flooded countless acres of crop and pastureland along with many roads. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | The James River continued to flood in Spink county throughout April. The James River at Ashton rose to 24.4 feet or 11.4 feet above the flood stage of 13 feet. The James River northeast of Redfield rose to nearly 28 feet or 8 feet above the flood stage of 20 feet. Crop and pastureland along with several roads continued to be flooded and damaged. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | Above normal May rainfall kept the James River well above flood stage throughout Spink county through the month. Several roads along with crop and pastureland remained flooded. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | The James River near Redfield went below flood stage on June 2nd and then went back above the 20 foot flood stage on the 24th due to runoff from very heavy rains. The James River at Ashton remained above flood stage throughout the month. Several roads along with crop and pastureland remained flooded. The flooding continued into July. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| February 2020 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| October 2019 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| December 2019 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| November 2019 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| November 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| December 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Flood | Duxbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Flood | Duxbury | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1260999. 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.




