Glencross, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Dewey unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57630. The Survey maps it on the Glencross quadrangle. It stands 2,152 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Glencross quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS La Plant quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Glencross between 1992 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | DITCH |
| 18 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | COUNTY RD 11 |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | SUNFLOWER |
| 9 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | HOWDY |
| 8 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | ABERLE |
| 21 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | STAND DOWN |
| 31 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | FRANKS |
| 29 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | T.C.HAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glencross in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencross | - | A trained spotter estimated winds up to 60 mph caused minor crop damage. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencross | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencross | - | Eighty mph winds knocked over several trees. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencross | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencross | - | Large branches were downed by the very strong winds. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencross | - | Strong winds knocked over a small radio tower, blew off a roof, and downed several trees. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencross | - | A large gravity-feed wagon was tipped over and damaged, several trees in a nearby shelter belt were uprooted, hay bales were rolled, unravelled and strewn over 1/2 mile and about 700 feet of fence and trees were damaged. Two small unsecured sheds were rolled onto their sides. Within a mile of this damage site at a nearby farm, a roof of a large outbuilding was partially removed, an untied trailer home was rolled over by the wind and damaged. Approximately, 600 to 1000 acres of sunflowers were flattened and power lines were downed. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Glencross | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Glencross | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Glencross | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Glencross | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Lake | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Trail City | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Whitehorse | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Yellowhorse Ford | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Promise | 18.6 miles | 8 | |
| Firesteel | 19.4 miles | 7 | |
| Virginia | 23.5 miles | 9 | |
| La Plant | 25.4 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 Glencross | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5568283 | 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 1255259. 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.



