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Junction City, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brule Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57010. The Survey maps it on the Vermillion SE quadrangle. It stands 1,194 feet above sea level.

Junction City within Union County

On record in Junction City

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Junction City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning9
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
25 September 1999Smokingunder an acreVermillion Volunteer Fire Department457 HIGHWAY 50
7 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 July 2007Fireworksunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
31 July 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWoonsocket Volunteer Fire DepartmentMIKE WHITE
14 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
23 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionI-29 23
20 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression14-009 BUITENBOS
2 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBURBANK OIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

21 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Junction City in 21 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
May 2012Thunderstorm WindJunction City$15,000Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi truck on Interstate 29.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJunction City-A machine shed was destroyed with debris blown across Burbank road. A few large limbs were broken off trees. A few grain bins were dented by the wind.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJunction City-Thunderstorm winds caused tree and structural damage to an agricultural-themed event venue. The fence at the property was also blown over. Large grain bins were also dented inward approximately 1 mile to the southeast of this property on Burbank Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJunction City-Thunderstorm winds were measured on a personal weather station 6 miles east of Vermillion.
June 2011FloodJunction City-Flooding from upstream spring snowmelt and subsequent heavy rain continued to worsen for most of June. Lowlands along the river including numerous roads, parks, recreational areas and homes were flooded. Much of the Dakota Dunes community was flooded, with many residents evacuating homes and businesses before the flooding worsened. Thousands of acres of usually dry land were flooded, with several farms affected and farm equipment damaged. The highest stage near Ponca, NE was 8.3 feet above flood stage on June 29th.
May 2011FloodJunction City-Flooding along the Missouri River developed and then increased in late May as runoff from excessive upstream snowmelt and rain reached the area. Lowlands flooded included some roads and recreational facilities near the river, including part of a golf course at Dakota Dunes. The river reached its highest May levels at the end of the month, including a peak stage 2.5 feet above flood stage at Ponca, Nebraska.
July 2011FloodJunction City-Flooding from upstream spring snowmelt and subsequent heavy rain continued at major levels through July. Lowlands along the river including numerous roads, parks, recreational areas and homes remained flooded. Most of the Dakota Dunes community remained flooded, with many residents and business owners still displaced. Thousands of acres of usually dry land, including several farms, remained flooded. The river began a very slow general fall late in the month. The highest stage near Ponca, Nebraska, was 8.3 feet above flood stage on July 11th. This was equal to the highest level recorded in June.
August 2011FloodJunction City-Flooding from upstream spring snowmelt and subsequent heavy rain continued at moderate to major levels at the start of August. Lowlands along the river including numerous roads, parks, recreational areas and homes remained flooded. Thousands of acres of usually dry land, including several farms, remained flooded. Most of the Dakota Dunes community remained flooded, with many residents and business owners still displaced. The river fell slowly during the month. The highest stage near Ponca, Nebraska, was a record 8.6 feet above flood stage on August 1st.
September 2011FloodJunction City-Flooding from upstream spring snowmelt and subsequent heavy rain decreased steadily, and ended late in the month. Flooding of roads, recreational areas, other parks, golf courses, and a few homes ended. The highest stage near Ponca, Nebraska, was 1.9 feet above flood stage on September 1st.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJunction City-Thunderstorm winds caused an unknown amount of tree damage.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJunction City-Thunderstorm winds blew a semi truck off Interstate 29.
April 2005Flash FloodJunction City-Runoff from 4 inches of rain in 5 hours caused flooding of streets and low areas.
May 2004Flash FloodJunction City-Torrential rains caused widespread flooding of low areas, including fields and roads.
June 1999Flash FloodJunction City-Heavy rain caused flooding of low areas including Highway 50 and other streets.
April 2025HailJunction City-no account filed
June 2025HailJunction City-no account filed
June 2014HailJunction City-no account filed
May 2004HailJunction City-no account filed
May 2004HailJunction City-no account filed
May 2004HailJunction City-no account filed
May 2002HailJunction City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Spink5.0 miles19
Midway5.5 miles18
Richland7.3 miles19
Elk Point9.0 miles20
Hill Side10.5 miles19
Nora11.3 miles18
Alsen12.1 miles19
Emmet13.7 miles18

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 Q72423255The 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 1261026. 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.