Humboldt, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Humboldt town. It lies in ZIP code area 57035. The Survey maps it on the Humboldt quadrangle. 579 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,703 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHumboldt fell from 589 to 579 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 | 589 | |
| 2020 | 579 | -10 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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
- 1964 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Salem quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Humboldt between 2009 and 2020, burning about 228 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 | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnehaha County | GRASS |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CONTROLLED |
| 31 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Humboldt: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humboldt in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 15 hail, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged grain elevator bins. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees up to two feet in diameter. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Multiple trees were damaged by thunderstorm winds, along with several utility trailers. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including at least one large branch blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including at least one large tree uprooted. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Humboldt | - | A tornado caused no reported damage. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including one inch diameter limbs blown down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree and crop damage. The amount of damage was not known. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | - | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree, power line, and crop damage. At least one large tree was uprooted, and numerous 3 to 4 inch diameter limbs were blown down. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Humboldt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Center | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hartford | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lyons | 12.2 miles | 8 | |
| Colton | 12.4 miles | 7 | |
| West Acres Development | 13.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ellis Corner | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Country Acres | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Crooks | 14.0 miles | 8 |
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 Humboldt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2340835 | 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 1255710. 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.



