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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.

Eden within Marshall County

Population over time

2 figures

Eden 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.

YearPeople Change
201089
202094+5 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

10 since 2002

Regional 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionJIM JANISCH
4 July 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCOTTONWOOD LAKE
1 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHAMILTON
5 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDULITZ
4 May 2018Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionAARON BUSS
4 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBRADY ALLAN
22 April 2014Debris and open burning84 acresWaubay Wetland Management DistrictPETERSON MEMORIAL
18 April 2002Smoking2.0 acresWaubay National Wildlife RefugeKEINTZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Opitz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Opitz Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023HailEden-Hail, some larger than a quarter size, nearly covered the ground.
June 2017Tornado (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 2011Tornado (EF0)Eden-A tornado touched down briefly northeast of Eden. No damaged was reported.
June 2008Tornado (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 1999Thunderstorm WindEden-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 2025HailEden-no account filed
July 2025HailEden-no account filed
July 2023HailEden-no account filed
April 2009HailEden-no account filed
June 2008HailEden-no account filed
June 2003HailEden-no account filed
July 2003HailEden-no account filed
July 2003HailEden-no account filed
June 2002HailEden-no account filed
July 2000HailEden-no account filed
July 1998HailEden-no account filed
May 1997HailEden-no account filed
July 1996HailEden-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindEden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Clear Lake6.8 miles6
Lake City7.5 miles6
Hillhead15.1 miles6
Veblen18.4 miles6
Spain20.3 miles6
Marlow21.1 miles7
Britton21.3 miles7
Langford21.8 miles7

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 EdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2058472The 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.