Fort Pierre, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fort Pierre City. It lies in ZIP code area 57532. It stands on Bad River. The Survey maps it on the Pierre quadrangle. 2,115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.
On record in Fort Pierre
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
Fort Pierre Chouteau SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976
La Verendrye SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1974
American Legion Community Halllisted 2017
Jefferson Davis Carr Houselisted 1982
Old Fort Pierre Schoollisted 1977
Stockgrowers Bank Buildinglisted 1977
Gaylord Sumner Houselisted 1977
United Church of Christ, Congregationallisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresFort Pierre grew from 2,078 to 2,115 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 | 2,078 | |
| 2020 | 2,115 | +37 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1924 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Fort Pierre between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2,041 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 41 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ORV CA |
| 30 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 4-WHEELER GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BUICK FIRE |
| 22 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WYLE CA |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WYLY |
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Huron Wetland Management District | HYDE |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fort Pierre: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Buffalo Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Corps of Engineers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Phillips Terrace Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Polo Grounds Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Stanley County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teton | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wendte | 17.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lacy | 19.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mission Ridge | 32.3 miles | 6 | |
| Hayes | 34.4 miles | 6 | |
| Orton | 35.0 miles | 6 | |
| Sansarc | 36.6 miles | 6 | |
| Bunker (historical) | 39.4 miles | 6 |
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 Fort Pierre | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1994648 | 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 1255113. 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.




