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Isabel, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Isabel town. It lies in ZIP code area 57633. The Survey maps it on the Isabel quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,398 feet above sea level.

Isabel within Dewey County

Population over time

2 figures

Isabel grew from 135 to 145 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
2010135
2020145+10 (+7%)

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

37 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Isabel between 2000 and 2017, burning about 526 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Other causes1
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
8 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyISABELDUMP
21 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyLOPEZ
15 September 2016Naturalunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyWINYAN
15 September 2016Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTURNIP FIRE
1 September 2001Naturalunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyMLINDSKOV
8 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyMEGINNESS2
5 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use164 acresCheyenne River AgencyA. RICHERT
31 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dewey County

Storms near this place

57 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Isabel in 57 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 38 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019FloodIsabel$198,800no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindIsabel-A trained spotter reported extensive damage north of Isabel. There was damage to trees, some uprooted, and damaged siding and broken windows on a house and vehicles. In addition, a machine shed and grain bins were destroyed. Some areas had complete crop loss.
September 2021HailIsabel-Quarter to half dollar hailstones lasted a couple minutes and produced minor damage to a home.
March 2019FloodIsabel-Snowmelt flooding occurred along the Moreau River with several roads closed. There was also several county and BIA bridges that were closed. People in Whitehorse had to go through Timber Lake to get out. There was also a bridge near Promise that had to be closed due to water over it. There were other flooded roads in the county with reports of some cattle stranded.
June 2018HailIsabel-Hail covered the ground up to 2 inches in spots.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindIsabel-Estimated seventy mph winds brought down several large branches.
July 2016Flash FloodIsabel-Heavy rains of up to five inches flooded several roads in and around Isabel.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindIsabel-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindIsabel-Sixty mph winds knocked the power out at the residence.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindIsabel-Sixty mph winds layed down some corn along with bending over several small trees.
July 2008Flash FloodIsabel-Heavy rains of 1 to 2 inches in a short period of time caused flash flooding in and around Isabel. Several roads and ditches were flooded. No damage occurred.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindIsabel-Several large trees were uprooted in Isabel along with many large tree branches downed.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindIsabel-Eighty mph winds damaged or downed several trees, damaged carnival equipment, destroyed some sheds, and rolled some large hay bales.
June 2007Flash FloodIsabel-Heavy rains resulted in the flash flooding of several county roads near Isabel.
July 2005LightningIsabel-Lightning struck a tree west of Isabel. A shed was then caught on fire and destroyed.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindIsabel-Winds to 60 mph tipped over a cook shack near the baseball field in Isabel. The grain elevator lost two doors to the high winds. A trailer home had its skirting damaged and several tree branches were downed throughout town.
June 1998HailIsabel-Hail up to the size of golfballs hit areas west of Isabel to Isabel. To the west of Isabel, golfball size hail broke many windows and also went through the screens on several houses. The hail drifted in several places around Isabel.
July 1995Tornado (F0)Isabel-A narrow path tornado touched down briefly near Isabel.
July 1995HailIsabel-Large hail damaged corn crops and damaged many vehilces in Isabel and at a car dealership.
August 2020HailIsabel-no account filed
June 2019FloodIsabel-no account filed
May 2019FloodIsabel-no account filed
June 2018HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2016HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2016HailIsabel-no account filed
August 2013HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2011HailIsabel-no account filed
June 2011HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2009HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2008HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2008HailIsabel-no account filed
May 2007HailIsabel-no account filed
May 2007HailIsabel-no account filed
May 2007HailIsabel-no account filed
June 2007HailIsabel-no account filed
June 2007HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindIsabel-no account filed
May 2007HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2006HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindIsabel-no account filed
August 2004HailIsabel-no account filed
August 2004HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2003HailIsabel-no account filed
June 2001HailIsabel-no account filed
July 2001HailIsabel-no account filed
May 2000HailIsabel-no account filed
August 2000HailIsabel-no account filed
June 1999HailIsabel-no account filed
June 1999HailIsabel-no account filed
August 1999HailIsabel-no account filed
August 1998HailIsabel-no account filed
August 1998HailIsabel-no account filed
August 1998HailIsabel-no account filed
May 1996HailIsabel-no account filed
June 1996HailIsabel-no account filed
June 1996HailIsabel-no account filed
July 1996HailIsabel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dewey 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
Firesteel7.9 miles7
Green Grass18.2 miles8
Timber Lake19.0 miles8
Bear Creek22.9 miles7
Lantry26.2 miles7
Glencross27.2 miles7
North Eagle Butte28.8 miles7
Eagle Butte29.0 miles7

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 IsabelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1945405The 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 1255785. 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.

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.