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Hamill, South Dakota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Roseland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57534. The Survey maps it on the Hamill quadrangle. 14 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,762 feet above sea level.

Hamill within Tripp County

Population over time

2 figures

Hamill grew from 11 to 14 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
201011
202014+3 (+27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

1 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hamill in 2000, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
4 August 2000Natural10 acresWinner Volunteer Fire DepartmentJOE FOTT

Every fire recorded in Tripp County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamill in 63 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 29 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 7 flood, 3 tornado. 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
August 2009HailHamill$15,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHamill$3,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a roof.
June 2024FloodHamill$1,000Runoff from an estimated 3 to 5 inches of rain in less than 24 hours caused minor flooding along the White River. Agricultural land along the White River was inundated with water and debris. The White River near Oacoma river gage crested at 16.07 feet and 12,800 cfs at 215 AM CST.
July 2025HailHamill-Public estimated report.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHamill-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
March 2019FloodHamill-A large ice jam formed along the White River around the SD Highway 47 bridge. Water backed up behind the ice, causing flooding of hundreds of acres of agricultural land. The high water inundated several outbuildings and approached a home along Highway 47. The river crested just below 25 feet on March 19. With continued snowmelt, additional rises were recorded, resulting in a second crest of 20.5 feet and a flow around 37,900 cfs on March 25, which was the third highest flow of record at this location.
June 2019HailHamill-Wind gusts to 50 mph accompanied the storm.
May 2019FloodHamill-Minor flooding of agricultural land continued along the White River around the SD Highway 47 bridge south of Reliance. The river crested a few feet above flood stage (15 feet) at 18.86 feet, with a peak flow around 29,900 cfs.
May 2019FloodHamill-Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the White River around the SD Highway 47 bridge south of Reliance. The river crested a few feet over flood stage (15 feet) at 19.0 feet on May 29, with a peak flow around 30,600 cfs.
June 2019FloodHamill-Minor flooding of agricultural land persisted along the White River around the Highway 47 bridge south of Reliance. After the river crested at 19.0 feet and 30,600 cfs on May 29, the river fell below the flood stage of 15.0 feet early on June 1.
July 2019FloodHamill-Runoff from heavy rain caused minor flooding of farmland along the White River south of Reliance. The river gauge crested about 1.5 feet over flood stage around 16,000 cfs near midday on July 7.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHamill-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
June 2018FloodHamill-Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the White River near Oacoma. The river gauge southwest of Oacoma along SD Highway 47 crested at 15.6 feet or 0.6 feet above flood stage.
July 2018Tornado (EF1)Hamill-A brief tornado developed near the intersection of 257th Street and 325th Avenue, six miles north-northeast of Hamill. The tornado tipped over and damaged an irrigation pivot. The tornado was rated an EF-1 with winds estimated near 100 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHamill-The strong winds leveled a shed, broke windows, and snapped trees and power poles.
August 2017HailHamill-The ground was nearly covered with hail.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHamill-Strong wind gusts caused minor damage to a shed.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHamill-Some wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHamill-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHamill-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHamill-A spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHamill-The combination of hail and strong winds damaged automobiles and a house.
July 2008HailHamill-Wind gusts to 50 mph were also reported.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHamill-Large tree branches were downed and corn was flattened by the combination of hail and wind.
July 2008Tornado (EF0)Hamill-A small tornado touched down briefly in a field.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Hamill-A new barn had a portion of the roof torn off and thrown a quarter mile away, tree branches were snapped off and ground wires for power lines were snapped. A calving shed was also destroyed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
May 2023HailHamill-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
May 2022HailHamill-no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
June 2019HailHamill-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
July 2018HailHamill-no account filed
May 2018HailHamill-no account filed
September 2015Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
June 2012HailHamill-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
June 2008HailHamill-no account filed
June 2008HailHamill-no account filed
June 2008HailHamill-no account filed
June 2008HailHamill-no account filed
June 2008HailHamill-no account filed
July 2008HailHamill-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
July 2008HailHamill-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
July 2008HailHamill-no account filed
August 2008HailHamill-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHamill-no account filed
August 2007HailHamill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tripp 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
Ideal13.2 miles8
Winner17.7 miles8
Colome23.1 miles8
Jordan Junction23.4 miles5
Witten23.7 miles5
Carter31.1 miles5
Clearfield34.7 miles5
Millboro39.1 miles8

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 HamillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1925754The 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 1255403. 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.