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Farmingdale, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rapid City East unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57725. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caputa quadrangle.

Farmingdale within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 8 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Farmingdale between 1992 and 2017, burning about 578 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHAMMERQUIST RD
8 August 1992Natural2.0 acresNebraska National Forestnot named
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreNebraska National ForestFARMINGDALE DAM
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionFARMINGDALE
22 August 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresRapid Valley Volunteer Fire Department23433 154 TH AVE
14 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
16 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
14 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Storms near this place

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmingdale in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 20 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015FloodFarmingdale$20,000Runoff from heavy rain caused flooding in Rapid Valley. Green Valley Drive was flooded for a quarter of a mile and Anderson Road was impassable. Flooding was also observed at two gauging stations along Rapid Creek. The river gauge near Rapid Valley crested 2.1 feet over flood stage and the river gauge at Farmingdale crested 0.9 feet over flood stage.
May 1993HailFarmingdale$500no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-The spotter estimated wind gusts near 60 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-Wind gusts were estimated at 80 mph.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2020HailFarmingdale-Wind gusts to 50 mph accompanied the storm.
July 2016HailFarmingdale-The ground was covered with hail.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-The combination of hail and wind caused minor damage to trees and crops.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph; time was determined from the radar.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFarmingdale-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2020HailFarmingdale-no account filed
July 2020HailFarmingdale-no account filed
July 2018HailFarmingdale-no account filed
September 2016HailFarmingdale-no account filed
July 2016HailFarmingdale-no account filed
August 2015HailFarmingdale-no account filed
June 2015HailFarmingdale-no account filed
June 2011HailFarmingdale-no account filed
July 2010HailFarmingdale-no account filed
June 2010HailFarmingdale-no account filed
June 2010HailFarmingdale-no account filed
May 2010HailFarmingdale-no account filed
May 2007HailFarmingdale-no account filed
May 2007HailFarmingdale-no account filed
May 2007HailFarmingdale-no account filed
June 2003HailFarmingdale-no account filed
August 2001HailFarmingdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pennington 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
Caputa5.7 miles8
New Underwood9.6 miles8
Mawl Springs9.9 miles8
Creston10.4 miles8
Green Valley13.2 miles16
Warbonnet13.5 miles16
Murphy14.2 miles19
Box Elder14.4 miles16

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 FarmingdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709356The 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 1261667. 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.