Hurley, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hurley City. It lies in ZIP code area 57036. The Survey maps it on the Hurley quadrangle. 379 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
On record in Hurley
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
Brough-Martinson Houselisted 1978
Farrar Houselisted 1978
Dr. Harry S. Graves Houselisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresHurley fell from 415 to 379 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 | 415 | |
| 2020 | 379 | -36 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1898 USGS Parker quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Hurley between 1999 and 2020, burning about 552 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 | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TREETOP |
| 16 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TRANSFORMER2 |
| 16 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TRANSFORMER1 |
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PITCG |
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ROUNDBALE |
| 1 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STANLEY BALE FIRE |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SSBALE |
| 25 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Parker Volunteer Fire Department | FEED LOT |
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 Hurley: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurley in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 24 hail, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Hail | Hurley | $100,000 | Large hail severely damaged corn and soybean crops over a very large area, with the Lincoln County extension office estimating 95,000 acres affected. Some crops were totally stripped, while others were expected to partially recover. The dollar amount of crop damage could not be determined, but the county Farm Service Agency office estimated a yield loss of 25 to 30 percent for corn and soybean crops for the entire county. The hail also broke windows and damaged roofs on some homes. The hail was driven by strong winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | $10,000 | A semi-truck was turned over on its side. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | Intense thunderstorm winds demolished half of a cattle shed with debris strewn across the property. A wooden shed had two sliding doors ripped off, with a large pine tree also uprooted. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Hurley | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | Wind gusts estimated by Emergency Manager. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | Pickup truck was blown around the road by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 3 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Hurley | - | Golf ball size hail dented several vehicles. The amount of damage was not known. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Hurley | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. The amount of damage was not known. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hurley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hooker | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Viborg | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Chancellor | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Parker | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Turkey Ridge | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Valley | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Cameron Colony | 11.3 miles | 11 |
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 Hurley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3239880 | 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 1255718. 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.




