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Keyapaha, South Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Holsclaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57580. The Survey maps it on the Keyapaha quadrangle. It stands 2,300 feet above sea level.

Keyapaha within Tripp County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Keyapaha between 1994 and 2012, burning about 25 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 August 1994Natural10 acresRosebud AgencyWINNER
31 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use15 acresWinner Volunteer Fire DepartmentLARRY SARGENT
9 April 2012Naturalunder an acreRosebud AgencyPACKARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tripp County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Keyapaha: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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

Every working recorded in Tripp County

Storms near this place

26 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keyapaha in 26 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 15 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 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
May 2016Flash FloodKeyapaha$10,000Street flooding occurred in Colome and several county roads in southeastern Tripp County were flooded.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindKeyapaha$2,000Strong winds caused roof damage to farm buildings.
May 2010HailKeyapaha$2,000Two inches of rain also fell.
July 2025HailKeyapaha-Public estimated report.
July 2025HailKeyapaha-Estimated report.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindKeyapaha-Power was out for about three hours.
March 2019FloodKeyapaha-Melting snow, combined with frozen ground, caused minor to moderate overland flooding. Water from the failed Hidden Timber Dam along Antelope Creek flooded several roads along Antelope Creek and the Keya Paha River. A rise of around one to two feet was noticed in the gage readings at Keyapaha. The runoff easily allowed for record levels on the Keya Paha River near Keyapaha, with flows further downstream near Wewela being the second highest on record.
May 2019FloodKeyapaha-Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the White River near the SD Highway 47 bridge south of Reliance, the Keya Paha River near Keyapaha and Wewela, and smaller creeks and streams. The White River crested at 18.86 feet (flood stage is 15 feet), with a peak flow around 29,900 cfs.
May 2016FloodKeyapaha-Several county roads in southern Tripp County were flooded and had to be closed.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindKeyapaha-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKeyapaha-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindKeyapaha-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindKeyapaha-Wind gusted to 60 mph.
August 2023HailKeyapaha-no account filed
August 2023HailKeyapaha-no account filed
June 2018HailKeyapaha-no account filed
August 2017HailKeyapaha-no account filed
July 2015HailKeyapaha-no account filed
July 2011HailKeyapaha-no account filed
August 2011HailKeyapaha-no account filed
May 2010HailKeyapaha-no account filed
May 2010HailKeyapaha-no account filed
May 2004HailKeyapaha-no account filed
August 2004HailKeyapaha-no account filed
July 2001HailKeyapaha-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindKeyapaha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tripp 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
Clearfield7.1 miles5
Millboro9.3 miles8
Carter19.5 miles5
Jordan Junction19.9 miles5
Wewela20.1 miles8
Witten23.0 miles5
Winner23.6 miles8
Colome24.7 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 KeyapahaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6398210The 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 1261116. 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.