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Gregory, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Gregory City. It lies in ZIP code area 57533. The Survey maps it on the Gregory quadrangle. 1,221 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,169 feet above sea level.

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Gregory within Gregory County

On record in Gregory

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Gregory fell from 1,295 to 1,221 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
20101,295
20201,221-74 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

36 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Gregory between 2000 and 2019, burning about 225 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2007Debris and open burning2.6 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
27 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCALDWELL FIRE
9 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
31 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionFORTUNA FIRE
13 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBAIL FIRE 8/13/17
5 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 July 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTENNIS COURT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gregory County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gregory: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Dave Liebel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fedde PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grimm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Opperman Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paul Liebel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Gregory County

Storms near this place

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gregory in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 33 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999HailGregory$500,000no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindGregory$30,000Thunderstorm winds heavily damaged a Cenex fertilizer building. Equipment inside the building was damaged as it was blown across an adjoining field. The winds also damaged several houses, and blew trailers into a street.
August 2019Flash FloodGregory$5,000Several roads were under a half foot to foot of flowing water in town. Property damage costs are rough estimates.
May 2000HailGregory$5,000no account filed
August 2024HailGregory-A couple of windows were broken in a camper and holes punched in siding due to wind-driven hail.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGregory-Outflow winds from thunderstorms downed several mature trees in Gregory.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGregory-Damaging thunderstorm winds were accompanied by pea size hail.
August 2009HailGregory-Large hail broke windows and severely damaged roofs, siding, and vehicles. The hail also stripped leaves from trees, and caused crop damage in the area. The amount of local property and crop damage was not known; the hail being part of a long swath of large hail that affected part of the county. The hail was accompanied by wind gusts up to 50 mph.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGregory-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 5 inch diameter limbs blown down.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Gregory-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Gregory-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindGregory-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGregory-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 3 to 4 inch diameter branches blown down.
June 2005HailGregory-Large hail caused minor vehicle damage. The amount of damage was not known.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Gregory-A tornado moved across open country and caused no reported damage.
June 1994HailGregory-A radio antenna tower and many trees were blown down.
August 2025HailGregory-no account filed
June 2021HailGregory-no account filed
June 2021HailGregory-no account filed
August 2020HailGregory-no account filed
June 2018HailGregory-no account filed
July 2017HailGregory-no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGregory-no account filed
July 2008HailGregory-no account filed
August 2007HailGregory-no account filed
June 2007HailGregory-no account filed
April 2007HailGregory-no account filed
May 2007HailGregory-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGregory-no account filed
June 2005HailGregory-no account filed
June 2005HailGregory-no account filed
May 2005HailGregory-no account filed
June 2005HailGregory-no account filed
July 2003HailGregory-no account filed
June 2003HailGregory-no account filed
May 2002HailGregory-no account filed
June 2001HailGregory-no account filed
June 2001HailGregory-no account filed
May 2000HailGregory-no account filed
August 2000HailGregory-no account filed
June 1999HailGregory-no account filed
May 1999HailGregory-no account filed
July 1999HailGregory-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGregory-no account filed
June 1999HailGregory-no account filed
July 1999HailGregory-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gregory 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
Dallas4.6 miles8
Burke8.1 miles8
Carlock10.4 miles8
Dixon10.7 miles8
Lucas12.0 miles9
Herrick15.2 miles8
Saint Charles20.4 miles8
Bonesteel27.9 miles9

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 GregoryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2171759The 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 1255368. 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.