Eagle, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Eagle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57369. The Survey maps it on the Eagle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Chamberlain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Eagle between 2009 and 2020, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SCHAAP |
| 11 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 15 October 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ED HOPKINS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle in 20 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 14 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Hail | Eagle | $10,000 | Baseball size hail broke windows and damaged siding on a house, and damaged two pickup trucks. The hail also caused moderate to severe crop damage in the area, but the amount of crop damage was not known. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Eagle | - | Some damage was noted to corn fields. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Eagle | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Eagle | - | No strong winds accompanied a handful of half-dollar sized hail. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Eagle | - | Hail from pea to quarter size fell for a couple minutes. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Eagle | - | Runoff from heavy rainfall caused flooding of several county roads. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Eagle | - | Large hail fell for less than a minute. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Eagle | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles and crops. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eagle | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eagle | - | A tornado touched down twice in a brief period. There was no reported damage. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Eagle | - | Golf ball size hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles and windows. Significant crop damage was also reported, but the amount of crop damage was not known. The hail was accompanied by wind gusts as high as 60 mph. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Eagle | - | A tornado touched down, lifted briefly, and touched down again for a brief period as it became rain wrapped. The tornado caused no reported damage. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle | - | Wind gusts to 60 mph were accompanied by golf ball size hail. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Eagle | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Eagle | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Eagle | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Eagle | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Eagle | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Eagle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bijou Hills | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ola | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Grandview | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Grass Ranch Colony | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kimball | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pukwana | 15.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cedar Grove Colony | 15.3 miles | 8 | |
| Chamberlain | 20.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261000. 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.




