Enning, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Belle Fourche-Cheyenne Valleys unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57787. The Survey maps it on the Enning quadrangle. It stands 3,035 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Enning quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Camp Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Enning between 1998 and 2020, burning about 891 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Enning Volunteer Fire Department | SPRING AND MARELAND |
| 25 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SHAW RANCH FIRE |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 26 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JOHN LONG HAY |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HIGHWAY 34 CAMPER FIRE |
| 14 August 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SPRING HAY |
| 13 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LORENZ HAY |
| 10 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BASEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
38 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enning in 38 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 19 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2013 | Hail | Enning | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | $10,000 | Wind-driven hail to the size of tennis balls smashed vehicle windows. |
| October 1997 | Hail | Enning | $5,000 | Numerous windows were broken at Enning School. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | $4,000 | Roofs were ripped off several buildings. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | Tree branches to two inches in diameter were broken. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Enning | - | Drifts of hail along the road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Enning | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | Half inch size hail also accompanied the storm. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | None. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | None. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Enning | - | Large hail broke skylights in a house. |
| October 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Enning | - | Brief tornado reported by law enforcement officer along Highway 34. Path length and width are estimated. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enning | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Enning | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Enning | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Enning | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Center | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| White Owl | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Redowl | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Boneita Springs | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Stoneville | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Haydraw | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Clough | 12.8 miles | 8 | |
| Marcus | 16.4 miles | 7 |
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 Enning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5379171 | 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 1254952. 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.



