Kingsburg, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southwest Bon Homme unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57066. The Survey maps it on the Kingsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Kingsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Yankton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Kingsburg between 1999 and 2020, burning about 372 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TJEEDSMA |
| 4 July 2000 | Fireworks | 1.1 acres | Springfield Volunteer Fire Department | FIREWORK |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BLUFF DRIVE |
| 16 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 8 MILE DITCH FIRE |
| 12 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 12 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Springfield Volunteer Fire Department | MILNEY |
| 11 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | COLONY |
| 29 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LAGOON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Kingsburg: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.E.Grimme Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gustav Boese Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harold Grimme Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J.V. Plihal Sand Pit--Area B | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J.V.Plihal Sand Pit--Area A | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jim Mullers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Nagel Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| L.G.Hopkins Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Martin Johnson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mrs.Ervin Grimme Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingsburg in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 2 hail, 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 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Kingsburg | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Kingsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Kingsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Perkins | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tyndall | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Avon | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Running Water | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bon Homme Colony | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Tabor | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Vodnany (historical) | 15.1 miles | 11 |
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 Kingsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23709388 | 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 1261027. 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.




