Eagle Butte, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Dewey unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57625. The Survey maps it on the Parade SW quadrangle. 1,258 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,418 feet above sea level.
On record in Eagle Butte
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 2 records
Dakota Club Librarylisted 2004
Laurens Polygonal Hog Houselisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Parade SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Timber Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
804 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 804 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Butte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,826 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 204 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 173 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 133 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 103 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 23 |
| Other causes | 19 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | RANGERFIRE |
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | HOSPITALCA |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | BINGO |
| 7 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | TAYLOR II |
| 7 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | I.H.S. |
| 6 September 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | TREE 2 |
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.1 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | MIKES |
| 6 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | POWWOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eagle Butte: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne Sioux Tribe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
49 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Butte in 49 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 27 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | A peak measured gust of 62 mph was recorded on a personal weather station 14 miles south of Parade. |
| September 2025 | Flood | Eagle Butte | - | Tribal Officials report that the culvert on BIA Rt 8 has partly washed out. Travel through the area was difficult. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Estimated eighty mph winds tipped a mobile home over. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Estimated ninety mph winds destroyed an empty trailer along with tipping another one over. A delivery truck was also tipped over and a mobile home was destroyed. A couple buildings had parts of their roofs blown off with many trees damaged or uprooted. Some power lines were also downed. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Sixty mph winds downed several tree branches along with knocking a grill off the deck. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated north of Eagle Butte. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Seventy mph winds were estimated in Eagle Butte. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | One hundred mph winds flattened a pole barn, toppled and severely damaged several grain bins, and shattered the glass out of a tractor. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | One hundred mph winds flattened a pole barn and blew two horse trailers into a tractor. The horse trailers and the tractor were damaged. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Eagle Butte | - | Heavy rain flooded several roads in and around Eagle Butte. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Eagle Butte | - | A third tornado touched down briefly in Dewey county. No damage was reported. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Eighty mph winds downed several trees and damaged some structures. A mobile home was rolled and destroyed. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | Dime size hail fell continuously for an hour. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | Eighty mph winds destroyed a mobile home in Eagle Butte, downed several trees, power lines and poles, and scattered lawn and play equipment. Eagle Butte was without power for around nine hours. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | Large hail dented and broke automobile windshields. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Eagle Butte | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Eagle Butte | 0.1 miles | 7 | |
| Parade | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lantry | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Green Grass | 11.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bear Creek | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Thatcher | 16.3 miles | 7 | |
| Ridgeview | 23.6 miles | 7 | |
| Whitehorse | 26.1 miles | 8 |
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 Eagle Butte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2705570 | The 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 1267668. 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.



