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Kenel, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Corson unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57642. The Survey maps it on the Kenel quadrangle. 130 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Kenel within Corson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Kenel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,666 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism10
Fireworks8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Other causes5
Recreation and ceremony1
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
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyTHORTENSON
23 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyGEORGI
2 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyKENEL KAR
1 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use28 acresStanding Rock AgencyNORTH KENEL
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresStanding Rock AgencyCOOPERATOR
4 August 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyTOAST
28 August 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyRIEHL'S
26 August 1998Natural1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyCHURCH

Every fire recorded in Corson County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenel in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2015Thunderstorm WindKenel-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2005HailKenel-Large hail and high winds caused quite a bit of damage in Kenel. Many house and car windows were broken out, some trees were downed, and several trailer homes were moved by the winds.
August 1998LightningKenel-Lightning struck the Kenel Catholic Church starting it on fire. The church burned to the ground.
May 2024HailKenel-no account filed
July 2012HailKenel-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindKenel-no account filed
August 2000HailKenel-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
Jeffrey (historical)11.3 miles8
Mahto13.4 miles7
Wakpala14.4 miles8
McLaughlin18.8 miles8
Snake Creek20.0 miles8
Little Eagle22.2 miles8
Maple Leaf23.3 miles7
Bullhead33.5 miles8

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 KenelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709386The 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 1255920. 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.