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.
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
Hudson Boy Scout Cabinlisted 2009
Norway Center Storelisted 2003- Ulrickson Barnlisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresHudson 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 296 | |
| 2020 | 311 | +15 (+5%) |
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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rock Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Canton Volunteer Fire Department | FAIRVIEW |
| 17 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Fairview Volunteer Fire Department | SIMUNCK SDGFP |
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 214 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Groth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hymans Hudson/Ostercamp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hymans-Hawarden | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hymans-Vander Esch | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maudlin-Fairview | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sioux-East Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sioux-Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sioux-West Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed an empty barn and damaged a silo. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a shed, and blew down power lines at a cattle ranch. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Hudson | $10,000 | After 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $10,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2003 | Lightning | Hudson | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house, starting a small fire. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | 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 2020 | Flood | Hudson | - | 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 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | 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 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | 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 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | 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 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | Numerous large tree limbs snapped. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | 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 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | 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 2018 | Flood | Hudson | - | 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 2018 | Flood | Hudson | - | 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 2003 | Flash Flood | Hudson | - | Heavy rain caused flooding of roads, including South Dakota Highway 11. Cropland and other low areas were also flooded. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Hudson | - | A bried tornado caused no reported damage. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Hudson | - | A brief tornado observed by a local spotter resulted in no reported damage. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| October 2020 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Flood | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hudson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Moe | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Norway Center | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Canton | 13.9 miles | 11 | |
| Worthing | 21.4 miles | 10 | |
| Harrisburg | 24.4 miles | 10 | |
| Shindler | 25.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lennox | 27.9 miles | 10 |
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 Hudson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2139566 | 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 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.



