Faulkton, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tamworth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57438. The Survey maps it on the Faulkton East quadrangle. 826 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,581 feet above sea level.
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On record in Faulkton
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 8 records
Gov. Frank M. Byrne Houselisted 1992
Faulk County Courthouselisted 1993
Faulkton American Legion Halllisted 2005
Frank and Clara Turner Houselisted 1986- Dr. William Edgerton Houselisted 2010
- C.W. Parker Carousel No. 825listed 2017
- Maj. John A. Pickler Homesteadlisted 1973
- South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 25-218-141listed 1993
Population over time
2 figuresFaulkton grew from 736 to 826 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 | 736 | |
| 2020 | 826 | +90 (+12%) |
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.
- 1952 USGS Faulkton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gettysburg quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Faulkton in 2000, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 July 2000 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Orient Volunteer Fire Department | JOE BOWAR |
Storms near this place
53 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Faulkton in 53 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 30 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | An elm tree was snapped, and several 2 to 4 inch diameter branches were downed by estimated 70 mph winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | A tree was downed by estimated seventy mph winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | Several power poles and lines were downed by estimated eighty mph winds along with many large tree limbs. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | A large tree was uprooted by an estimated seventy mph wind. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | Estimated seventy mph winds brought many tree branches down along with knocking out power for about half of Faulkton. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | An estimated wind gust of sixty mph was reported by law enforcement. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | Eighty mph winds downed many trees in Faulkton along with damaging shingles and the roofs of several buildings. The high winds also caused power outages in Faulkton for several hours. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Faulkton | - | A tornado touched downed in Faulkton destroying a large fertilizer plant. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | Faulkton received a lot of damage from winds over 100 mph. Numerous trees, power lines and poles were downed, along with a lot of structural damage to buildings. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | On two different farms about five miles east of Faulkton, winds to 80 mph uprooted many trees, destroyed three steel grain bins, destroyed the roof on an historic barn, and the doors were blown off of several farm buildings. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | Winds to nearly 70 mph blew shingles off of the house, damaged a barn, and brought a few trees and many branches down. |
| August 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Faulkton | - | A tornado touched down on the east side of Faulkton and tipped over and severely damaged the new press box and bleachers at the ball field. The tornado also knocked down some light poles and destroyed a hanger, an airplane, and a gyrocopter at the airport. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | Eighty mph winds brought a large tree down onto a mobile home at Lake Faulkton causing severe damage. Also, many other trees were downed at Lake Faulkton and some buildings were destroyed. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Faulkton | - | Softball hail broke windows and caused extensive damage to a few vehicles and homes west of Faulkton. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | Seventy mph winds downed several trees east of Faulkton. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | Eighty mph winds brought down several trees and many tree branches throughout Faulkton. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Faulkton | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Colony | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Millard | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Orient | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wecota | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Miranda | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Burkmere | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Norbeck | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Brentwood Colony | 12.4 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 Faulkton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2438591 | 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 1255021. 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.



