BlockEsmond, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Esmond Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57353. The Survey maps it on the Iroquois quadrangle.
On record in Esmond
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 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1899 USGS De Smet quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Iroquois quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS De Smet quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Esmond in 2012, burning about 5 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | AUGHENBAUGH |
Storms near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Esmond in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 flood. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Tornado (F4) | Esmond | 4 hurt, $3,000,000 | A tornado destroyed or heavily damaged all buildings, other structures, and vehicles in the small town of Manchester. Propane and fuel oil tanks were destroyed. Many homes were stripped to the foundation. Of the six residents of the town, four were injured and were transported to hospitals. Three were deemed to be seriously injured, but non of the injuries were life threatening. One of the injured was in a basement, one was blown out of the home on the way to the same basement, and two were in a mobile home which was destroyed. The tornado damaged crops, trees, and power lines south of Manchester prior to reaching the town. The tornado also heavily damaged several farms north of Manchester, including two farms on which several buildings including the homes were destroyed. One of the farms was a "Centennial Farm". About 12 cattle were killed and others injured. The amount of crop damage was not known. During its path, the tornado was observed to have multiple vortices. The tornado was observed and video taped by numerous storm chasers and researchers. Researchers also deployed weather sensors around the town of Manchester. One of these sensors recorded a 100 millibar pressure drop as the tornado passed. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Esmond | $370,000 | Flooding resulted in damage to public infrastructure including county and township roads and culverts. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Esmond | $52,000 | Flooding resulted in crop losses and damage to public infrastructure including county and township roads and culverts. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Esmond | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn and caused tree damage. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Esmond | $1,000 | Large hail, driven by less than severe winds, broke a few windows. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Esmond | - | Deputy came across deep water flowing across the road. The full depth was unknown, but it was deep enough to force the deputy to turn around. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Esmond | - | During crop planting season, prolonged flooding led to the loss of or inability to plant crops across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Esmond | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Esmond | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. The tornado dissipated as another tornado formed nearby, leaving a brief moment with two tornadoes in close proximity to each other. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Esmond | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage including 3 inch diameter limbs blown down. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Esmond | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Esmond | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Iroquois | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| De Smet | 14.6 miles | 11 | |
| Osceola | 14.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bancroft | 15.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Preston | 22.0 miles | 9 | |
| Erwin | 23.3 miles | 9 |
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 Esmond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657782 | 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 1265207. 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.