BlockJunius, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Herman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57042. The Survey maps it on the Ramona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Ramona quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS De Smet quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Junius between 2004 and 2009, burning about 10 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 30 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Junius in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 6 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Junius | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junius | - | A personal weather station measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 90 mph. Nearby Lake Herman State Park was closed due to extensive tree damage, with an unoccupied camper crushed by a falling tree. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junius | - | A single-family home lost its front porch overhang and a large portion of the roof. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Junius | - | Large hail was accompanied by heavy rain, and estimated 45 mph wind gusts. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Junius | - | A brief tornado caused tree damage but no other reported damage. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junius | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junius | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Hail | Junius | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Junius | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Junius | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Junius | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Village | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Graceville Colony | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Winfred | 6.3 miles | 6 | |
| Orland (historical) | 6.9 miles | 6 | |
| Madison | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ramona | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Orland | 8.4 miles | 6 | |
| Chautauqua | 9.9 miles | 6 |
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 Junius | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23709385 | 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 1267055. 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.