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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.

Glencross within Dewey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

23 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined7
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
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
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyDITCH
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyCOUNTY RD 11
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresCheyenne River AgencySUNFLOWER
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresCheyenne River AgencyHOWDY
8 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyABERLE
21 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresCheyenne River AgencySTAND DOWN
31 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyFRANKS
29 July 2003Naturalunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyT.C.HAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dewey County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGlencross-A trained spotter estimated winds up to 60 mph caused minor crop damage.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGlencross-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGlencross-Eighty mph winds knocked over several trees.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGlencross-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGlencross-Large branches were downed by the very strong winds.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindGlencross-Strong winds knocked over a small radio tower, blew off a roof, and downed several trees.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindGlencross-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 2025HailGlencross-no account filed
July 2023HailGlencross-no account filed
July 2022HailGlencross-no account filed
June 2018HailGlencross-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dewey 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
Timber Lake8.2 miles8
Trail City10.5 miles7
Whitehorse12.4 miles8
Yellowhorse Ford13.3 miles8
Promise18.6 miles8
Firesteel19.4 miles7
Virginia23.5 miles9
La Plant25.4 miles7

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 GlencrossAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5568283The 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.