BlockHillside, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57328. The Survey maps it on the Hillside quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1979 USGS Hillside quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Andes quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Hillside between 2000 and 2014, burning about 203 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GERLACH |
| 28 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | POWERLINE |
| 15 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BERTRAM / BODDICKER |
| 25 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | G HEBER 11 - 2 |
| 24 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 52 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | G HEBER 11 - 1 |
| 23 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 11-00038 |
| 1 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BIALAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillside in 9 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 6 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Hillside | $5,000 | County roads were flooded from rainfall averaging from 3 to 4 inches across the area. 3.94 inches of rainfall occurred during the overnight and morning hours at Corsica, with 3.33 inches 10 miles west of Dimock. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillside | - | Winds were measured by a personal weather station. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Hillside | - | Occasional ping-pong to golf-ball sized hail fell approximately 10 miles northeast of Armour. |
| June 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Hillside | - | A brief funnel cloud was observed about 10 miles northwest of Tripp. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hillside | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hillside | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hillside | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Hillside | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hillside | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas City (historical) | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Grandview (historical) | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Corsica | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Armour | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Delmont | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Harrison | 16.9 miles | 9 | |
| Greenwood Colony | 17.9 miles | 9 | |
| New Holland | 21.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261017. 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.