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Johnson Siding, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1957. It stands in the Mount Rushmore unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57702. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pactola Dam quadrangle. 614 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Johnson Siding within Pennington County

On record in Johnson Siding

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Johnson Siding fell from 659 to 614 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
2010659
2020614-45 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 18 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

353 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Johnson Siding between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,639 acres in total. 113 started naturally. 15 were 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
Natural113
Debris and open burning68
Recreation and ceremony63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Fireworks8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Firearms and explosives use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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 2003Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
7 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLABOR DAY
6 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionELDER
6 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBEAR GULCH
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBOARDING
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestHILLTOP
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWESTBERRY COURT
5 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWOODLAND CT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Johnson Siding: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Uranium, Uranium, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ashley and NyswangerGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Copper GlanceCopper, Gold, UraniumPast ProducerMalachite, Pyrite
Dakota Lime and Brick Co.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Dexter ClaimCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceReplacement
Poisoned Ox GroupUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Pennington County

Storms near this place

55 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnson Siding in 55 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 49 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 2013HailJohnson Siding$500,000Softball size hail caused extensive property damage to buildings and vehicles along Norris Peak Road.
May 2010Flash FloodJohnson Siding$100,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding from Rapid City to Farmingdale and in Keystone. Rapid Creek on the east side of Rapid City rose quickly and flooding was reported along the creek. A couple of homes were surrounded by water, several county roads were flooded, and a few basements flooded in Keystone.
September 2013HailJohnson Siding$5,000no account filed
June 2024HailJohnson Siding-A lot of quarter size hail, with a few near golf ball size.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindJohnson Siding-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2018HailJohnson Siding-Hail to baseball size covered the ground.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindJohnson Siding-Pine trees were snapped and part of a roof was damaged by the wind.
July 2016Flash FloodJohnson Siding-Runoff from heavy rain overwhelmed culverts and flowed over Red Rock Road, Nameless Cave Road, and Cleghorn Canyon Road. Several feet of water were reported flowing through Wild Irishman Gulch.
July 2016Heavy RainJohnson Siding-The river gauge on Rapid Creek above Johnson Siding recorded 3.08 inches of rain in three hours.
August 2014Flash FloodJohnson Siding-Box Elder Creek flooded Nemo Road northwest of Rapid City. Four to six inches of water covered numerous streets in Rapid City with as much as two feet of water in some locations and several basements were flooded. Some locations under water included underpasses on Haines Avenue and Maple Street at Interstate 90 and East Boulevard at the railroad tracks, portions of the Rushmore Mall parking lot, Deadwood Avenue near Commerce Road, and intersections along Fifth Street.
August 2011HailJohnson Siding-Quarter sized hail covered the ground.
June 2005HailJohnson Siding-Hail covered the ground.
June 2000HailJohnson Siding-Hail from 3/4" to 1.75" fell in a large swath through the central Black Hills.
May 2023HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2023HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2023HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2023HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2023HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
August 2021HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2020HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2020HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2020HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2020HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
June 2020HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
June 2019HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2019HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2019HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2019HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2019HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
August 2017HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
August 2017HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2016HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2016HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
June 2015HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2015HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2014HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2013HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
May 2012HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
June 2011HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
June 2011HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2011HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
August 2011HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
August 2011HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
May 2007HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2007HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2003HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2003HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2001HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2001HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2001HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 2001HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
June 2000HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
August 1999HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
August 1999HailJohnson Siding-no account filed
July 1996HailJohnson Siding-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pennington 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
Big Bend1.8 miles18
Pactola (historical)2.5 miles18
Hisega2.9 miles18
Thunderbird Homes Addition3.1 miles18
Ridgeland Heights4.0 miles16
South Canyon Country Estates4.1 miles16
McGee4.3 miles18
Silver City6.7 miles15

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 Johnson SidingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6268419The 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 1265605. 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.