Holabird, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Central Hyde unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57540. The Survey maps it on the Holabird quadrangle. It stands 1,791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Holabird quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Highmore quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Holabird between 2000 and 2020, burning about 532 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Highmore Volunteer Fire Department | HAMLIN |
| 6 August 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NICK NEMEC |
| 4 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Highmore Volunteer Fire Department | DME |
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HEEZEN |
| 28 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 25 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 433 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BALOUN DANCEY |
| 16 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BALOUN |
| 11 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holabird in 65 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 33 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Holabird | $177,800 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | A trained spotter estimated the winds topped out between 50 and 60 mph. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Law enforcement estimates wind gusts to around 60 mph. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Holabird | - | The emergency manager indicated that 3.5 inches of rain had fallen overnight resulting in water over some of the roads in this area. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Holabird | - | Many county and township roads were underwater, including a portion of 342nd Avenue, between 174 and 179th street in the northeast portion of the county, which was washed out. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | The public report was relayed by emergency management. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Wind was recorded on a personal weather station. |
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Holabird | - | South of the main farm, calving sheds were pushed to the north. On the main property a machine shed was destroyed with debris tossed roughly 100 feet to the northeast. Several trees were snapped and a livestock trailer was tipped over. A long barn also lost its roof and the main barn doors were pushed in. Wet grass from rain and wind accumulated on the east side of a machine shed. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | An estimated eighty mph wind took the roof off a 60 by 100 foot machine shed and caved the wall in on a barn. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Holabird | - | Many roads were flooded throughout the county. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | A large cottonwood tree was knocked down by an estimated eighty mph wind. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Holabird | - | A severe thunderstorm from Sully county moved into northern Hyde county and brought damaging hail and winds. Countless acres of crops and pasture were destroyed along the storms path. There was also some property damage as a result. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Holabird | - | The tornado started on the west side of a ranch and threw a 4-wheeler into a barn. There was additional damage to trees and the roof of a barn at the ranch. The tornado moved across an open field and damaged a calf shed. It then crossed 180th street and 331st avenue and moved through a corn field. Many corn stalks were flattened in a 50 yard wide path before entering an open field and then crossing a hay field destroying a hay bale before dissipating. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Holabird | - | Hail broke the windshield on a pickup. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Holabird | - | Flooding of pasture and agricultural land, several creeks, along with a few roads continued after the earlier heavy rains subsided. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Holabird | - | Very heavy rains of 2 to 6 inches caused flash flooding of several creeks, roads, and fields. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Sixty mph winds and golfball size hail put numerous holes in the siding of the house. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Sixty mph winds brought some branches down. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Holabird | - | A supercell thunderstorm produced another weak tornado in Hyde county north of Holabird. No damage occurred with this tornado. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Seventy mph winds destroyed a small camper in Holabird. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flood | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Flood | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flood | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Holabird | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Holabird | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highmore | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bramhall (historical) | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| Macs Corner | 20.5 miles | 8 | |
| Stephan | 20.5 miles | 7 |
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 Holabird | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5878489 | 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 1265655. 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.



