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Frederick, South Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Frederick town. It lies in ZIP code area 57441. The Survey maps it on the Frederick quadrangle. 215 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,381 feet above sea level.

Frederick within Brown County

On record in Frederick

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Frederick grew from 199 to 215 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.

YearPeople Change
2010199
2020215+16 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

13 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Frederick between 2010 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
22 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression19FFD19
9 May 2020Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBALES
4 May 2016Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMATT NIXON
21 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionJ. SUMPTION
27 April 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression281 FIRE
2 April 2015Debris and open burning120 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression15FFD09
2 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGERANEN FIRE
31 March 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression15FFD07

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frederick in 65 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 26 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 8 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2009FloodFrederick$75,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFrederick-A caller near the town of Frederick estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. No damage was noted.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFrederick-A member of the public estimated thunderstorm wind speeds of 60 mph were responsible for brownout conditions.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFrederick-The public indicated that thunderstorm winds had knocked down several large diameter branches at their residence.
April 2023FloodFrederick-The Elm River near Frederick crested at 14.27 in the early hours of April 15th, 1.27 feet above flood stage.
May 2022FloodFrederick-The Elm River gauge near Frederick peaked at 13.95 feet on the afternoon of May 1st and receded below flood stage in the afternoon of May 2nd. Agricultural land was flooded.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFrederick-A ranch sustained significant damage from straight-line winds. One barn was completely destroyed and a second pig barn had the roof ripped off. Hundreds of trees were uprooted, snapped or damaged. The property had a personal weather station which recorded 120 mph winds.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFrederick-Significant straight-line wind blew down large trees and power poles, and severely damaged a grain bin. The time of the wind was estimated by radar.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFrederick-A barn collapsed and other outbuildings sustained roof and siding damage. A 2x4 was driven through a garage wall. A hay feeder was tipped. Some trees were uprooted and others damaged. Debris was widespread through the farmyard and spread about 300 yards northeast.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFrederick-Sixteen steel towers were downed by significant straight-line winds.
July 2020Flash FloodFrederick-Many roads were underwater and damaged from flash flooding in northwest Brown County.
June 2020Tornado (EF0)Frederick-The tornado damage started with tree branches tossed about a quarter mile across an open pasture. The next damage point was an uprooted tree as well as two calving sheds completely destroyed. Sheet metal and lumber from the sheds were tossed about a quarter mile across an open pasture. The last evidence of the tornado was a narrow path of downed trees in the middle of a line of trees.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFrederick-Estimated seventy-five mph winds took the roof off a hoop barn.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFrederick-An estimated seventy mph wind brought large tree branches down along with damaging an outbuilding.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFrederick-A large tree was downed onto the roof of an apartment building in Frederick by estimated seventy-five mph winds. The building then received water damage from the rain.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFrederick-An irrigation pivot was flipped over by estimated seventy mph winds.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFrederick-Two evergreen trees were downed at a cemetery by estimated seventy-five mph winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindFrederick-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFrederick-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
August 2015FloodFrederick-Heavy rains of 2 to over 6 inches brought areas of flooding across much of northern Brown county. Several roads, ditches, along with many fields were flooded.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFrederick-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2013HailFrederick-A bean field was destroyed by quarter size hail.
August 2012HailFrederick-Golf ball size hail broke windows in two vehicles and dented farm equipment. Tree branches were also downed.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Frederick-A tornado touched down southeast of Frederick and did quite a bit of damage to a farm.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Frederick-A tornado touched down briefly in a field 5 miles south of Frederick. No damage occurred.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindFrederick-High winds downed many trees and flipped over many docks and boats at Elm Lake.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFrederick-Winds to 80 mph destroyed a barn north of Frederick.
July 2000HailFrederick-Nickel size hail broke some windows out of a house east of Frederick.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindFrederick-Winds gusting to around 70 mph brought some trees down in Frederick.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFrederick-no account filed
July 2024HailFrederick-no account filed
April 2022FloodFrederick-no account filed
April 2022FloodFrederick-no account filed
July 2022HailFrederick-no account filed
August 2021HailFrederick-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFrederick-no account filed
April 2019FloodFrederick-no account filed
September 2017HailFrederick-no account filed
July 2017HailFrederick-no account filed
August 2016HailFrederick-no account filed
August 2016HailFrederick-no account filed
August 2016FloodFrederick-no account filed
July 2013HailFrederick-no account filed
May 2008Funnel CloudFrederick-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFrederick-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindFrederick-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindFrederick-no account filed
July 2007HailFrederick-no account filed
May 2005HailFrederick-no account filed
May 2005HailFrederick-no account filed
May 2005HailFrederick-no account filed
May 2005HailFrederick-no account filed
July 2005HailFrederick-no account filed
July 2003HailFrederick-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFrederick-no account filed
September 2003HailFrederick-no account filed
April 2002HailFrederick-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindFrederick-no account filed
July 2002HailFrederick-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindFrederick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Winship6.3 miles11
Barnard6.9 miles11
Westport12.7 miles11
Houghton16.4 miles14
Ordway18.2 miles10
Columbia18.3 miles10
Hecla19.1 miles13
Bieglers First Addition20.3 miles8

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 FrederickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2725787The 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 1255150. 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.