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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.

Duxbury within Spink County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

19 since 1999

Regional 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSEC 19 BEANFIRE
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSEC 21 BEANFIELD
16 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
30 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
22 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSioux Falls Fire DepartmentI 29 AND 60TH STREET
21 July 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
6 June 2018Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTHOMPSON, NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
1 May 2017Arson/incendiarism83 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionFUHRAMAN WPA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spink County

Storms near this place

37 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019FloodDuxbury-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 2019FloodDuxbury-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 2011FloodDuxbury-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 2011FloodDuxbury-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 2011FloodDuxbury-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 2011FloodDuxbury-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 2021HailDuxbury-no account filed
August 2021HailDuxbury-no account filed
August 2021HailDuxbury-no account filed
March 2020FloodDuxbury-no account filed
January 2020FloodDuxbury-no account filed
May 2020FloodDuxbury-no account filed
April 2020FloodDuxbury-no account filed
February 2020FloodDuxbury-no account filed
July 2020FloodDuxbury-no account filed
June 2020FloodDuxbury-no account filed
June 2019FloodDuxbury-no account filed
July 2019FloodDuxbury-no account filed
August 2019FloodDuxbury-no account filed
October 2019FloodDuxbury-no account filed
December 2019FloodDuxbury-no account filed
November 2019FloodDuxbury-no account filed
September 2019FloodDuxbury-no account filed
August 2011FloodDuxbury-no account filed
July 2011FloodDuxbury-no account filed
September 2011FloodDuxbury-no account filed
November 2011FloodDuxbury-no account filed
December 2011FloodDuxbury-no account filed
October 2011FloodDuxbury-no account filed
September 2010FloodDuxbury-no account filed
July 2010FloodDuxbury-no account filed
March 2010FloodDuxbury-no account filed
April 2010FloodDuxbury-no account filed
June 2010FloodDuxbury-no account filed
May 2010FloodDuxbury-no account filed
October 2010FloodDuxbury-no account filed
August 2010FloodDuxbury-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Spink 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
Mansfield3.6 miles8
Mellette6.0 miles10
Northville7.4 miles8
Brentford10.7 miles10
Gallup11.8 miles10
Athol16.9 miles8
Ashton17.0 miles10
Conde21.8 miles11

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.