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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.

Holabird within Hyde County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

13 since 2000

Regional 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 use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
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
30 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresHighmore Volunteer Fire DepartmentHAMLIN
6 August 2019Natural3.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionNICK NEMEC
4 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresHighmore Volunteer Fire DepartmentDME
13 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHEEZEN
28 July 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
25 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined433 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBALOUN DANCEY
16 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBALOUN
11 July 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hyde County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019FloodHolabird$177,800no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHolabird-A trained spotter estimated the winds topped out between 50 and 60 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHolabird-Law enforcement estimates wind gusts to around 60 mph.
August 2024Flash FloodHolabird-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 2023FloodHolabird-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 2023Thunderstorm WindHolabird-A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHolabird-The public report was relayed by emergency management.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHolabird-Wind was recorded on a personal weather station.
June 2020Tornado (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 2020Thunderstorm WindHolabird-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 2019FloodHolabird-Many roads were flooded throughout the county.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHolabird-A large cottonwood tree was knocked down by an estimated eighty mph wind.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHolabird-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 2018HailHolabird-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 2018Tornado (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 2017HailHolabird-Hail broke the windshield on a pickup.
June 2015FloodHolabird-Flooding of pasture and agricultural land, several creeks, along with a few roads continued after the earlier heavy rains subsided.
June 2015Flash FloodHolabird-Very heavy rains of 2 to 6 inches caused flash flooding of several creeks, roads, and fields.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHolabird-Sixty mph winds and golfball size hail put numerous holes in the siding of the house.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHolabird-Sixty mph winds brought some branches down.
August 2006Tornado (F0)Holabird-A supercell thunderstorm produced another weak tornado in Hyde county north of Holabird. No damage occurred with this tornado.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHolabird-Seventy mph winds destroyed a small camper in Holabird.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHolabird-no account filed
July 2023HailHolabird-no account filed
July 2023HailHolabird-no account filed
April 2022HailHolabird-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHolabird-no account filed
June 2019HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2019HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2019FloodHolabird-no account filed
May 2019FloodHolabird-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHolabird-no account filed
June 2018HailHolabird-no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHolabird-no account filed
June 2015HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2015HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2015HailHolabird-no account filed
July 2014HailHolabird-no account filed
July 2014HailHolabird-no account filed
May 2013HailHolabird-no account filed
March 2011FloodHolabird-no account filed
April 2011FloodHolabird-no account filed
June 2011FloodHolabird-no account filed
July 2009Flash FloodHolabird-no account filed
August 2009HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHolabird-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHolabird-no account filed
July 2008HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2007HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2007HailHolabird-no account filed
July 2007HailHolabird-no account filed
July 2007HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2006HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2006HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2006HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2006HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2006HailHolabird-no account filed
June 2006HailHolabird-no account filed
August 2006HailHolabird-no account filed
August 2006HailHolabird-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hyde 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
Highmore8.3 miles9
Bramhall (historical)15.7 miles8
Macs Corner20.5 miles8
Stephan20.5 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 HolabirdAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5878489The 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.