Joubert, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57344. The Survey maps it on the Joubert quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Joubert quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Andes quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
15 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Joubert between 2003 and 2012, burning about 299 acres in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GREEN BEAN 11-023 |
| 28 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 27 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 22 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ROCKPILE 10-010 |
| 31 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 28 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 16 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STERK |
| 12 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 191 acres | Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge | NEW HOLLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Joubert in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Joubert | $670,000 | Flooding resulted in extensive damage to public infrastructure including numerous county and township roads, culverts, and some bridges. The property damage costs include estimates for public property losses. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Joubert | $582,000 | Rainfall amounts across Douglas County from June 20-22 ranged from 3 to 5 inches. Some overland flooding ensued with several township roads damaged by flood waters. In addition, three homes reported water damage. Preliminary damage assessments estimate loss to public infrastructure across the county to be 582 thousand dollars. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Joubert | $200,000 | Large hail devastated crops, broke windows, and caused other damage to buildings and vehicles. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Joubert | $21,000 | Water was ponding over Highway 44 one-half mile west of the intersection with U.S. Highway 281. In addition, numerous county and township roads were inundated with water for several days and some loss of crops occurred. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joubert | $15,000 | A barn was blown apart by thunderstorm winds north of Joubert. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Joubert | $10,000 | Baseball size hail caused an unknown amount of damage to corn and other crops in the area. The hail also damaged vehicles. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Joubert | - | During crop planting season, prolonged flooding led to the loss of or inability to plant crops across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Joubert | - | Brief heavy rainfall was mixed with occasional hail up to dime size. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Joubert | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles, roofs, and crops. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Joubert | - | A rain wrapped tornado caused no reported damage. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Joubert | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joubert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Holland | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Harrison | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Corsica | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Grandview (historical) | 16.5 miles | 9 | |
| Armour | 18.5 miles | 9 | |
| Douglas City (historical) | 18.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hillside | 24.3 miles | 9 | |
| Delmont | 28.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q122540200 | 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 1265660. 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.




