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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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
Gregory National Banklisted 2013
Tackett Underwood Buildinglisted 1999- Gregory Buttes Stone Stepslisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresGregory 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,295 | |
| 2020 | 1,221 | -74 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Gregory quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Winner quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
36 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CALDWELL FIRE |
| 9 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FORTUNA FIRE |
| 13 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BAIL FIRE 8/13/17 |
| 5 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TENNIS COURT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Liebel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fedde Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grimm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Opperman Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paul Liebel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
46 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Hail | Gregory | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | $30,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Gregory | $5,000 | Several roads were under a half foot to foot of flowing water in town. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Gregory | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Gregory | - | A couple of windows were broken in a camper and holes punched in siding due to wind-driven hail. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | - | Outflow winds from thunderstorms downed several mature trees in Gregory. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds were accompanied by pea size hail. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Gregory | - | 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 5 inch diameter limbs blown down. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Gregory | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Gregory | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 3 to 4 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Gregory | - | Large hail caused minor vehicle damage. The amount of damage was not known. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Gregory | - | A tornado moved across open country and caused no reported damage. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Gregory | - | A radio antenna tower and many trees were blown down. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Gregory | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Gregory | - | 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.
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 Gregory | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2171759 | 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 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.




