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Fulton, South Dakota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jasper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57340. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria quadrangle. 87 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,325 feet above sea level.

Fulton within Hanson County

Population over time

2 figures

Fulton fell from 91 to 87 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
201091
202087-4 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Fulton between 1998 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. None 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 use4
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 July 2003Fireworksunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
29 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
29 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
9 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionI-90 416 TH AVE
9 April 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMitchell Fire Department1999 PONT. GRAND AM
22 April 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 April 2020Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDOUG ONIEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hanson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fulton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hanson County

Storms near this place

44 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fulton in 44 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 25 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2003Thunderstorm WindFulton2 hurt, $100,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a mobile home, causing minor injuries to the couple inside at the time. The winds also caused damage to trees and sheds.
May 1998Tornado (F1)Fulton$50,000no account filed
May 1998Tornado (F2)Fulton$50,000no account filed
August 2009HailFulton$10,000Large hail broke windows on vehicles and dented the vehicles.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindFulton$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew two sheds apart and moved a feeder 30 to 40 feet.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFulton-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindFulton-Large tree branches from 6 to 8 inches in diameter were broken by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2020HailFulton-Large hail preceded by some heavy rainfall and gusty wind. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
June 2019HailFulton-A mix of penny and quarter-sized hail.
July 2019HailFulton-Hail from quarter to half-dollar size.
May 2012HailFulton-Large hail covered the ground.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFulton-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFulton-Thunderstorm winds blew down branches. The winds were accompanied by large hail.
July 2009HailFulton-Large hail, accompanied by damaging wind gusts, caused an unknown amount of crop damage.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Fulton-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Fulton-A weak tornado caused no reported damage.
June 2008HailFulton-Large hail covered the ground, and stripped many leaves off trees.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindFulton-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including branches and a few small trees blown down.
June 2006HailFulton-Large hail was accompanied by estimated 40 to 50 mph wind gusts.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFulton-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large elm trees blown down. The winds also flattened wheat and corn fields. The amount of property and crop damage was not known.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindFulton-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindFulton-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches torn off.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFulton-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large trees blown down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFulton-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches down.
August 2015HailFulton-no account filed
May 2012HailFulton-no account filed
May 2011HailFulton-no account filed
August 2007HailFulton-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindFulton-no account filed
June 2005HailFulton-no account filed
August 2005HailFulton-no account filed
August 2005HailFulton-no account filed
June 2004HailFulton-no account filed
June 2004HailFulton-no account filed
July 2004HailFulton-no account filed
July 2004HailFulton-no account filed
July 2004HailFulton-no account filed
July 2004HailFulton-no account filed
July 2004HailFulton-no account filed
August 2004HailFulton-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindFulton-no account filed
July 2002HailFulton-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindFulton-no account filed
August 1998HailFulton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hanson 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
Bard (historical)4.1 miles12
Millbrook Colony4.6 miles12
Alexandria5.4 miles12
Riverside6.6 miles12
Farmer7.2 miles11
Plano7.7 miles12
Rockport Colony9.9 miles11
Epiphany12.1 miles11

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 FultonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2835517The 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 1255181. 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.