Hillsview, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hillsview town. It lies in ZIP code area 57437. The Survey maps it on the Hillsview quadrangle. 2 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,850 feet above sea level.
Population over time
10 figuresHillsview fell from 101 to 2 between 1930 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 101 | |
| 1940 | 160 | +59 (+58%) |
| 1950 | 68 | -92 (-58%) |
| 1960 | 44 | -24 (-35%) |
| 1970 | 19 | -25 (-57%) |
| 1980 | 9 | -10 (-53%) |
| 1990 | 4 | -5 (-56%) |
| 2000 | 3 | -1 (-25%) |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 (0%) |
| 2020 | 2 | -1 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Hillsview quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Hillsview between 1998 and 2015, burning about 301 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | EARL MEHLHOFF |
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | AMAN FIRE |
| 19 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TODD RAUL |
| 4 August 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Eureka Volunteer Fire Department | CLETUS IMBERL |
| 30 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 18 August 2005 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 17 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DALE DOCKTER |
| 15 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HILLSVIEW |
Storms near this place
40 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsview in 40 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 26 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | The public relayed through Facebook that they estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts at around 60 mph. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | A member of the public estimates thunderstorm winds reached approximately 60 mph. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Hillsview | - | Hail to the size of quarters combined with wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph resulted in significant crop damage 2 mines north northeast of Hillsview. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | The report was relayed via social media. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Hillsview | - | The public reported an estimated rainfall amount of 6 inches. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | Estimated 70 mph winds took all or part of the roofs off of several sheds along with tipping over a grain bin auger. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Hillsview | - | Quarter size hail left dents in the vehicle. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | Eighty mph winds caused extensive damage to a pole barn along with destroying an outbuilding. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | Eighty mph winds caused extensive damage to a large grain bin. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | Many large tree branches were downed by seventy mph winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Hillsview | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Hillsview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Greenway | 18.7 miles | 7 | |
| Madra | 20.1 miles | 7 | |
| Long Lake | 22.9 miles | 7 | |
| Leola | 33.0 miles | 8 | |
| Long Lake Colony | 39.4 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Creek Colony | 39.8 miles | 8 | |
| Grassland Colony | 40.6 miles | 8 |
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 Hillsview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3239729 | 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 1261018. 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.



