Forestburg, South Dakota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57314. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forestburg quadrangle. 54 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,302 feet above sea level.

Forestburg within Sanborn County

On record in Forestburg

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

South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 56-090-096listed 1993

Population over time

2 figures

Forestburg fell from 73 to 54 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	73
2020	54	-19 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1898 USGS Huron quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Forestburg quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Huron quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Forestburg between 2000 and 2017, burning about 578 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	5
Debris and open burning	3

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
30 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12 acres	Sanborn County	OLSON BALER
13 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	DANTE LAKE
14 June 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	JUDY BRIGGS
16 May 2017	Debris and open burning	100 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	GARYOLSON
22 March 2004	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
11 February 2000	Debris and open burning	350 acres	Woonsocket Volunteer Fire Department	DISO GRASS
16 November 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	DAVIS RANCH
4 January 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	LEON FREDRICHS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanborn County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Forestburg: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Sanborn County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Senska Pit No 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Senska Pit No 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Sanborn County

Storms near this place

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forestburg in 53 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 19 flood, 15 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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	Hail	Forestburg	$10,000	Large hail broke windows in Forestburg, and caused an unknown amount of crop damage in nearby fields.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	An extended period of thunderstorm wind gusts of 58 mph or greater was measured by South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD527 4 miles east-southeast of Forestburg. A peak wind gust of 81 mph occurred at 1338CST. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	A thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph was measured by South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD527 4 miles east-southeast of Forestburg.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	A thunderstorm wind gust of 76 mph was measured by South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD527 4 miles east-southeast of Forestburg.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD527 3 miles east-southeast of Forestburg measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 69 mph. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	A thunderstorm wind gust to 63 mph was measured at 1517CST at South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD527 near Forestburg. Occasional wind gusts from 58 to 61 mph occurred for another 15 minutes.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	South Dakota RWIS station SD527 measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	Thunderstorm winds measured by RWIS station.
June 2018	Tornado (EF0)	Forestburg	-	A funnel was observed to briefly touch down in an open field, resulting in minimal damage to crops.
May 2016	Hail	Forestburg	-	Large hail, driven by strong winds, damaged vinyl house siding and thermometer shelter.
June 2013	Flood	Forestburg	-	Heavy rain caused minor lowland flooding along the James River. The river crested at 0.4 foot above flood stage near Forestburg on June 29th.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a 14 inch diameter limb blown down.
May 2011	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate to major flooding of the James River, ongoing since the snowmelt season in March, continued through May but slowly subsided. Farmland and other lowlands near the river remained flooded. With the river subsiding slowly, no new flooding was reported, although some additional road damage became apparent as water slowly receded. The highest stage near Forestburg was 5.0 feet above flood stage at the start of the month.
June 2011	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate to major flooding of the James River, ongoing since the snowmelt season in March, continued through June. Farmland and other lowlands near the river remained flooded, with the water level first falling slowly, then rising due to runoff from heavy rain. The highest stage near Forestburg was 4.0 feet above flood stage at the end of the month, though this was still a foot below the peak stage in May.
August 2011	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate to major flooding of the James River, ongoing since the snowmelt season in March, continued into early August, with the flooding continuing but very slowly abating through the month. Flooding of farmland and other lowlands near the river very slowly abated. The highest stage near Forestburg was 3.8 feet above flood stage on August 1st.
September 2011	Flood	Forestburg	-	Flooding of the James River, ongoing since the snowmelt season in March, abated very slowly through September. Flooding of farmland and other lowlands steadily decreased, and very few roads continued to be affected. The highest stage near Forestburg was 1.8 feet above flood stage on September 1st.
July 2011	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate to major flooding of the James River, ongoing since the snowmelt season in March, continued through July. Farmland and other lowlands near the river remained flooded, with the water level varying slightly up and down due to sporadic heavy rainfall. The highest stage near Forestburg was 4.0 feet above flood stage on July 1st, slightly higher than the peak stage of June, but not as high as peak levels earlier in the Spring.
March 2010	Flood	Forestburg	-	Melting of a heavy winter snowpack caused flooding of the James River which became major during the middle and late part of the month. Numerous fields and roads were flooded. The river crested at 7.1 feet above flood stage at Forestburg on March 25th.
April 2010	Flood	Forestburg	-	Flooding of the James River continued from March through all of April. The river fell slowly during the month, with no new flooding. Farmland and some roads remained flooded, but flooding of major roads abated. The river fell from 6 feet above flood stage at Forestburg at the start of April to 3.3 feet above flood stage at the end of the month.
May 2010	Flood	Forestburg	-	Flooding of the James River continued from March and April through all of May. The river fell very slowly, with some farmland and roads remaining flooded.
September 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and numerous large branches.The winds were accompanied by small hail and 2,5 inches of rain.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
August 2010	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate to major flooding along the James River continued into the start of August, but the river fell steadily after the first few days, falling below flood stage at Forestburg on August 19th. Flooding of fields and some roads abated steadily.
June 2010	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate to major flooding of the James River was observed for most of the month. The river, which has been slowly falling before June, rose again due to heavy rain, and the number of fields and roads flooded increased again. The river crested at near 6.5 feet above flood stage at Forestburg, which was a little more then half a foot below the March crest.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several large branches blown down.
July 2010	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate to major flooding along the James River continued, with numerous fields and some roads remaining covered. The river rose near the end of the month, when some of the heaviest rain fell, but remained below its peak March crest at Forestburg.
September 2010	Flood	Forestburg	-	Heavy rain caused minor flooding along the James River, with mainly unfarmed lowlands affected. The river at Forestburg crested at a little less than a foot above flood stage on September 24th.
July 2009	Flood	Forestburg	-	Minor to moderate flooding along the James River continued from June. The river fell slowly at the start and end of the month, but rose for a while in mid and late July due to heavy rains. The flooding continued to affect farmland and pastureland near the river, with flooding of some low lying roads also continuing. The river crested at 1.2 feet above flood stage near Forestburg on July 27th.
June 2009	Hail	Forestburg	-	Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to windows and crops.
June 2009	Hail	Forestburg	-	Large hail whitened the ground, and caused an unknown amount of crop damage.
June 2009	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate flooding along the James River decreased very slowly during June, although the river remained above flood stage at the end of the month. The highest stage near Forestburg was 2.4 feet above flood stage at the start of the month. The lingering flooding affected farmland and pastureland near the river, while flooding of low lying roads slowly decreased.
March 2009	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate flooding along the James River resulted from the melting of snow. Farmland and several county roads near the river were flooded. The highest reading at the Forestburg gage was 2.8 feet above flood stage, recorded at the end of the month.
April 2009	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate to major flooding continued along the James River. The river rose during all of April, reaching a level 3.9 feet above flood stage near Forestburg at the end of the month. Increasing numbers of roads were closed, and pastureland and farmland along the river was flooded.
May 2009	Flood	Forestburg	-	Moderate to major flooding continued along the James River. The river crested early in the month at 4.0 feet above flood stage near Forestburg on May 4th. The river then began a very slow fall. Several roads remained closed, and pastureland and farmland along the river remained flooded.
August 2009	Flood	Forestburg	-	Lingering minor James River flooding of farmland and pastureland ended early in the month, with the river falling below flood stage at Forestburg on August 7th.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Forestburg	-	Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding of roads, fields, and other low areas.
June 2006	Tornado (F0)	Forestburg	-	A tornado caused tree damage, including some trees uprooted, as it moved over open country. The tornado was observed and photographed by an off duty National Weather Service employee who is also an experienced storm chaser.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and caused other tree damage.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	Thunderstorm winds caused crop damage. The amount of damage was not known.
June 2003	Tornado (F0)	Forestburg	-	A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
June 1994	Hail	Forestburg	-	Crop damage was caused by the hail.
May 2016	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
May 2009	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
August 2008	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
September 2007	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Forestburg	-	no account filed
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Forestburg	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sanborn 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ruskin Park	1.3 miles	9
Cuthbert	7.2 miles	11
Letcher	8.8 miles	11
Woonsocket	9.1 miles	9
Artesian	10.0 miles	11
Upland Colony	12.2 miles	12
Farwell	15.8 miles	12

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 Forestburg	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5469212	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 1255107. 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.