BlockHoughton, South Dakota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lansing Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57449. The Survey maps it on the Houghton quadrangle. It stands 1,302 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1894 USGS Hecla quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1896 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Houghton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Elm River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Houghton between 2000 and 2016, burning about 1,378 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge | HIGHWAY 10 |
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | D MITCHELL |
| 10 August 2016 | Natural | 7.6 acres | Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge | KALEE WILDFIRE |
| 27 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge | WHITE BARN 2009 |
| 25 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 9.7 acres | Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge | WHITE BARN |
| 25 June 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge | 04 HWY10 |
| 13 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Brown County | DEHOET |
| 29 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 53 acres | Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge | CC LEE WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Houghton in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houghton | - | The public reported that grain bins had crumpled as the result of strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houghton | - | The public relayed that thunderstorm wind gusts had toppled some powerlines. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houghton | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houghton | - | Eighty mph winds downed many trees throughout Houghton. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Houghton | - | An eighth tornado touched down west of Hecla producing damage to one farm including tearing the roof off of an outbuilding and throwing several grain bins 100 yards or more. Widespread tree damage was also noted. The tornado continued northeast damaging another outbuilding and destroying an empty grain bin before lifting. Wind speeds were estimated between 112 and 120 mph. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houghton | - | Sixty mph winds brought down several large tree branches. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Houghton | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Houghton | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Houghton | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Hail | Houghton | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Hail | Houghton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Houghton | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Houghton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houghton | - | 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.
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 Houghton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14709721 | 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 1255680. 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.