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Hudson, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hudson town. It lies in ZIP code area 57034. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle. 311 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.

Hudson within Lincoln County

On record in Hudson

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hudson grew from 296 to 311 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
2010296
2020311+15 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hudson between 2000 and 2015, burning about 2,415 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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
10 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 March 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresCanton Volunteer Fire DepartmentFAIRVIEW
17 March 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,000 acresFairview Volunteer Fire DepartmentSIMUNCK SDGFP
16 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined214 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hudson: 13 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Groth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hudson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hymans Hudson/OstercampSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hymans-HawardenSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hymans-Vander EschSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maudlin-FairviewSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sioux-East Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sioux-Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sioux-West Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

33 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudson in 33 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 13 hail, 11 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2004Thunderstorm WindHudson$30,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed an empty barn and damaged a silo.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHudson$15,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a shed, and blew down power lines at a cattle ranch.
September 2019FloodHudson$10,000After excessive two-day rainfall during September 10-12 (7.81 inches at Dell Rapids, generally 3 to 4 inches around Sioux Falls, 4.72 inches at Canton), the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) reached the highest stage on record of 11.14 feet above flood stage on September 14. Significant amounts of the agricultural flood plain were inundated.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHudson$10,000Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. Several homes and other buildings were damaged by tree debris. The winds also blew down power lines, resulting in power outages.
July 2003LightningHudson$5,000Lightning struck a house, starting a small fire.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHudson-Widespread tree and structural roof damage was reported across the town of Hudson, including the roof being ripped off a large outbuilding, two additional roofs being torn off outbuildings on the south-end of town, and damage to a large grain silo.
March 2020FloodHudson-With rainfall of 1.51 inches at Canton and which averaged 1.00 to 1.50 inches around Sioux Falls, the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) rose to minor flood briefly late month. The river crested at 0.51 feet above flood stage on March 30, resulting in minor flooding of crop and pasture land.
June 2019FloodHudson-A continuation of flooding from May, the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) began the month at 5.26 feet above flood stage. Significant amounts of agricultural land remained flooded, and further impeded spring planting.
July 2019FloodHudson-The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested 0.17 feet above flood stage on July 10, causing flooding of crop and pasture land.
July 2019FloodHudson-The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested 1.70 feet above flood stage on July 18, impacting mainly crop and pasture land.
March 2019FloodHudson-Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.75 inches at Canton and 2.19 inches near Harrisburg) resulted in extensive flooding of agricultural land in the flood plain. The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) reached the highest crest on record at 10.63 feet above flood stage on March 15. The river remained in minor flood stage at the end of the month.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHudson-Numerous large tree limbs snapped.
May 2019FloodHudson-This is a continuation of flooding from April. The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) remained in flood through the month other than a brief period from May 18-22. Late month rains pushed the river to a crest at 5.91 feet above flood stage on May 30, the third highest stage on record. Significant agricultural flooding persisted, with no opportunity for spring planting throughout the flood plain. The river remained at minor flood stage at the end of the month.
April 2019FloodHudson-Runoff from occasional precipitation in late March and April maintained significant flooding of agricultural and pasture lands near the Big Sioux River. The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested at 5.38 feet above flood stage on April 9. Minor flooding continued at the end of the month.
September 2018FloodHudson-Rainfall across the Sioux Falls area and southward in the Big Sioux basin from September 18-20 totaled generally 5 to 7 inches. Moderate flooding resulted with all crop and pasture land in the half-mile wide flood plain inundated as the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested 6.7 feet above flood stage on September 22.
October 2018FloodHudson-A steady moderate rainfall during October 9-10 - resulting in 1.50 to 2.00 inches of rainfall - produced yet another period of minor flooding of crop and pasture land as the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested 1.3 feet above flood stage on October 12.
June 2003Flash FloodHudson-Heavy rain caused flooding of roads, including South Dakota Highway 11. Cropland and other low areas were also flooded.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Hudson-A bried tornado caused no reported damage.
July 1997Tornado (F0)Hudson-A brief tornado observed by a local spotter resulted in no reported damage.
April 2025HailHudson-no account filed
July 2023HailHudson-no account filed
October 2020HailHudson-no account filed
May 2012HailHudson-no account filed
September 2010HailHudson-no account filed
July 2009HailHudson-no account filed
July 2009HailHudson-no account filed
July 2008HailHudson-no account filed
September 2007HailHudson-no account filed
April 2006FloodHudson-no account filed
March 2004HailHudson-no account filed
June 2002HailHudson-no account filed
June 2001HailHudson-no account filed
June 2001HailHudson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Fairview6.6 miles7
Moe8.4 miles11
Norway Center9.2 miles11
Canton13.9 miles11
Worthing21.4 miles10
Harrisburg24.4 miles10
Shindler25.9 miles10
Lennox27.9 miles10

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 HudsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2139566The 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 1265658. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.