Gorman, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Potter unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57442. The Survey maps it on the Agar NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Agar NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Onida quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Gorman between 1998 and 2012, burning about 302 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Mound City Volunteer Fire Department | ROD ACKER |
| 27 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | AGAR |
| 27 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LEW ROB BENNET |
| 26 August 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 13 August 2001 | Natural | 200 acres | Agar Volunteer Fire Department | DAN PARKER |
| 29 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 21 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gorman in 60 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 40 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Gorman | - | The Potter county Emergency Manager reports a funnel cloud north of Agar. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | A peak wind gust of 70 mph was observed at a South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station four miles north of Agar. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | A South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station recorded a wind gust of 69 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | A South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station recorded a wind gust of 59 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | A South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station recorded a wind gust of 64 mph. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Gorman | - | A severe thunderstorm with large hail and destructive winds left southeast Dewey crossing the Missouri River into western Potter county continuing to destroy crop and grassland in its path. The storm continued to move southeast entering northern Sully county. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | Eighty mph winds along with tennis ball size hail shredded siding, broke many windows, along with downing many trees. Hail piled up to 7 to 8 inches deep in places. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Gorman | - | Very heavy rains of 3 to 5 inches brought flash flooding to parts of western Potter county where several roads were flooded. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Gorman | - | Quarter size hail caused some crop damage. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported by a trained spotter. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Gorman | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gettysburg | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Forest City | 13.1 miles | 7 | |
| Lebanon | 18.9 miles | 7 | |
| Hoven | 27.0 miles | 7 | |
| Tolstoy | 31.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261007. 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.



