Iroquois, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Iroquois City. It lies in ZIP code area 57353. The Survey maps it on the Iroquois quadrangle. 292 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,401 feet above sea level.
On record in Iroquois
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 2 records
- Bank of the Iroquois Buildinglisted 2002
- South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 39-006-070listed 1993
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.
- 1899 USGS De Smet quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Iroquois quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS De Smet quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Iroquois in 1999, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iroquois Volunteer Fire Department | IROQUOIS |
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 Iroquois: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iroquois in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iroquois | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iroquois | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew power poles and wires down, and destroyed two metal sheds. The winds also caused extensive tree damage, including numerous large branches blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iroquois | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged shingles on a few homes and caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Iroquois | $5,000 | Large hail dented vehicles. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iroquois | - | Thunderstorm winds brought down large trees. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Iroquois | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roads. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Iroquois | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iroquois | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few trees and many large branches blown down. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iroquois | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iroquois | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Iroquois | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Iroquois | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Iroquois | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iroquois | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Iroquois | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Iroquois | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Iroquois | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Iroquois | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Iroquois | - | 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 (historical) | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Manchester | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Osceola | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Esmond | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bancroft | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| De Smet | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Erwin | 23.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Preston | 25.1 miles | 9 |
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 Iroquois | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2257909 | 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 1255781. 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.




