Estelline, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Estelline City. It lies in ZIP code area 57234. It stands on Bullhead Run. The Survey maps it on the Estelline quadrangle. 749 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,654 feet above sea level.
On record in Estelline
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 3 records
Hoffelt Drug Storelisted 2008- Estelline Bandstand and Gazebo Parklisted 1999
- Charles and Mary Lohr Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresEstelline fell from 768 to 749 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 | 768 | |
| 2020 | 749 | -19 (-2%) |
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 Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Estelline quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Estelline between 2010 and 2020, burning about 38 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BADGER |
| 6 April 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | UNKNOWN |
| 18 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NELSON |
| 29 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JESSE |
| 25 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FOSTER |
| 1 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GLOBAL DAIRY |
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 Estelline: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Estelline in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2005: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelline | - | Winds to 80 mph brought down nearly 200 trees in and around Estelline. Power lines were also brought down, two grain bins were destroyed, and there was some damage to structures and roofs. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelline | - | Winds gusting to 70 mph uprooted several trees in Estelline. Some power lines were also downed. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelline | - | Winds gusting to around 70 mph downed many tree branches in Estelline. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Estelline | - | Nearly 7 inches of rain was received at Lake Poinset and over 6 inches of rain was received in Estelline. Hidewood creek overflowed its banks. Water got into many residences and some were evacuated. A small bridge was taken out by high water and Highway 28 was closed for an hour. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Estelline | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelline | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Estelline | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Estelline | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Estelline | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poinsett Colony | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dempster | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Stone Bridge | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Claremont Colony | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Alsville | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Castlewood | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kones Corner | 15.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Norden | 16.3 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 Estelline | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967131 | 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 1254960. 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.



