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Keldron, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Custer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57634. The Survey maps it on the Keldron quadrangle. It stands 2,372 feet above sea level.

Keldron within Corson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

24 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Keldron between 2000 and 2016, burning about 2,926 acres in total. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2001Natural1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyMOSER
5 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyODONNELL
3 September 2003Natural3.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyMAIER
3 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyBEER
3 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMorristown Volunteer Fire DepartmentO'DONNEL
13 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyKANE
9 August 2000Natural2,500 acresMeadow Volunteer Fire DepartmentHAYNES WHITE BUTTE
4 August 2003Naturalunder an acreStanding Rock AgencySCHAFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Corson 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 Keldron: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sdg - Morristown Quad - Deposit 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerTERRACE
Sdg - Morristown Quad - Deposit 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerTERRACE
Sdg - Morristown Quad - Deposit 7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerTERRACE

Every working recorded in Corson County

Storms near this place

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keldron in 39 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 28 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKeldron-Estimated eighty mph winds knocked some trees and branches down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindKeldron-Estimated sixty mph winds downed some large tree branches onto power lines causing power outages.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindKeldron-An estimated seventy mph wind damaged a small 5 by 5 foot deck attached to the house.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKeldron-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindKeldron-Seventy mph winds were estimated with no damage reported.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindKeldron-Sixty mph winds were estimated southwest of Keldron.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindKeldron-Seventy mph winds were estimated by the Highway Department.
July 1998Flash FloodKeldron-Flash flooding occurred from Keldron south during the late afternoon and evening as result of up seven inches of rain that had fallen from slow moving thunderstorms. Willow creek and several small tributaries went out of their banks causing the inundation of low areas and county roads. Many county roads were damaged with one farmer losing several pigs and cows as a result of the flooding.
July 1997HailKeldron-The storm left a 5 mile long path of hail damage destroying many acres of crops.
June 2024HailKeldron-no account filed
July 2020HailKeldron-no account filed
July 2016HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2013HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2013HailKeldron-no account filed
May 2013HailKeldron-no account filed
July 2012HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2011HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2011HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2011HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2011HailKeldron-no account filed
July 2009HailKeldron-no account filed
September 2009HailKeldron-no account filed
September 2009HailKeldron-no account filed
September 2009HailKeldron-no account filed
May 2008HailKeldron-no account filed
July 2008HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2007HailKeldron-no account filed
August 2006HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2005HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2005HailKeldron-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindKeldron-no account filed
August 2004HailKeldron-no account filed
August 2004HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2002HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindKeldron-no account filed
July 2002HailKeldron-no account filed
June 2001HailKeldron-no account filed
July 2001HailKeldron-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindKeldron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Corson 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
Morristown4.6 miles7
Thunder Hawk8.8 miles6
Watauga14.1 miles7
McIntosh24.4 miles7
Athboy25.4 miles7
Black Horse27.2 miles7
Walker38.1 miles6
Miscol38.6 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 KeldronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709754The 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 1261115. 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.