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Hereford, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Belle Fourche-Cheyenne Valleys unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57785. The Survey maps it on the Hereford quadrangle.

Hereford within Meade County

On record in Hereford

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 1 record

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

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hereford between 2005 and 2012, burning about 475 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 August 2005Natural200 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionRANCH # 1
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
15 August 2006Natural1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 August 2012Natural157 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCOBB CORRAL
26 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionP1
19 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
18 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
1 October 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Storms near this place

60 of 112 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hereford in 112 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 60 hail, 48 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 dust devil. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford$200,000The combination of strong wind and large hail damaged automobiles, buildings, and crops around Hereford.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHereford$150,000Rear flank downdraft wind gusts estimated over 100 mph blew down a half mile of a large electrical transmission line.
June 2015Tornado (EF2)Hereford$100,000A tornado touched down in rural southern Meade County, damaging buildings and tossing equipment at two ranches.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford$20,000Combination of hail and wind broke windows in home and vehicles.
May 2013HailHereford$15,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford$10,000The combination of wind and hail damaged automobiles.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHereford$10,000Roof was blown off of a mobile home and a small shed was blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHereford$5,000Power pole downed by wind.
July 2004Dust DevilHereford$3,500no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindHereford-SD mesonet recorded wind gust at this location.
June 2025HailHereford-Trained spotter confirmed hail report.
June 2025HailHereford-Trained Spotter confirmed hail size.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHereford-Trained spotter estimated wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHereford-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025HailHereford-Public submitted photo report.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHereford-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford-Peak wind gusts were estimated at near 70 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford-Large branches were broken off of trees with crop damage in the area.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 to 70 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHereford-Pea sized hail accompanied the storm.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHereford-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 70 mph.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHereford-The observer saw a large tree fall on Alkali Road due to the strong winds.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHereford-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 70 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHereford-Tree branches were blown down by the wind.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHereford-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHereford-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHereford-A storm chaser estimated wind gusts to 60 mph.
June 2012HailHereford-Winds also gusted to 50 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2009HailHereford-Quarter to golfball sized hail fell for 25 minutes.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts broke tree branches.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
May 2008FloodHereford-Heavy rain caused flooding along Elk Creek and its tributaries from Tilford to the confluence of the Cheyenne River. Elk Creek east of Piedmont crested at 11.5 feet, 2.5 feet above the flood stage of 9.0 feet. Six yards and a basement along 220th Street north of Box Elder were flooded. Severe basements and yards in the Golden Valley Subdivision east of Piedmont were also flooded.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHereford-Three inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHereford-Several tree limbs down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHereford-Cars were reported "moved", not rolled, by thunderstorm winds.
July 2024HailHereford-no account filed
July 2024HailHereford-no account filed
July 2023HailHereford-no account filed
July 2021HailHereford-no account filed
July 2020HailHereford-no account filed
June 2020HailHereford-no account filed
May 2017HailHereford-no account filed
July 2017HailHereford-no account filed
August 2016HailHereford-no account filed
June 2015HailHereford-no account filed
June 2015HailHereford-no account filed
June 2015HailHereford-no account filed
June 2015HailHereford-no account filed
June 2014HailHereford-no account filed
May 2013HailHereford-no account filed
June 2012HailHereford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade 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
Haydraw10.0 miles8
Bend12.6 miles14
Viewfield12.6 miles8
Clough14.1 miles8
Volunteer15.2 miles10
Union Center16.9 miles7
Boneita Springs18.1 miles7
Elm Springs20.1 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 HerefordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709369The 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 1261015. 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.