Eden, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Eden town. It lies in ZIP code area 57232. The Survey maps it on the Eden quadrangle. 94 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,837 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEden grew from 89 to 94 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 89 | |
| 2020 | 94 | +5 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Sisseton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 2002 and 2020, burning about 99 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JIM JANISCH |
| 4 July 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | COTTONWOOD LAKE |
| 1 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAMILTON |
| 5 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DULITZ |
| 4 May 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | AARON BUSS |
| 4 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BRADY ALLAN |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 84 acres | Waubay Wetland Management District | PETERSON MEMORIAL |
| 18 April 2002 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Waubay National Wildlife Refuge | KEINTZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eden: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opitz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Opitz Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eden in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Hail | Eden | - | Hail, some larger than a quarter size, nearly covered the ground. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Eden | - | A brief tornado touched down and caused the collapse of the entire roof of a barn. Debris was lofted 500 feet to the northeast. Minor roof damage also occurred to a second outbuilding along with minor tree damage and damage to the siding of a house. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Eden | - | A tornado touched down briefly northeast of Eden. No damaged was reported. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Eden | - | A tornado touched down briefly and downed a power pole, snapped off a road sign, and blew a metal shed 100 yards destroying it. The tornado also broke off several large tree branches. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eden | - | High winds blew part of the roof off a mobile home and downed some trees and many tree branches in Eden and to the east. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Eden | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eden | - | 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.
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 Eden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2058472 | 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 1254878. 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.



