Kirley, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Haakon unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57552. The Survey maps it on the Kirley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Kirley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Kirley between 2005 and 2019, burning about 223 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | PHILLIP |
| 12 August 2006 | Natural | 200 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 July 2005 | Natural | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 1 July 2006 | Natural | 2.9 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | TED MINER |
| 7 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ziebach County | SMURF |
| 15 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 22 November 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MEYER COMBINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirley in 63 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 31 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | $50,000 | An old barn and fences were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | $10,000 | Strong winds picked up a large cattle trailer and carried it about 1/8th of a mile, through 3 corral fences and into the middle of the corral. When it went through, it knocked over the corrals, breaking off 12" x 12" square corner posts. Winds also lifted the corner tin off a barn, leaving a hole in the roof. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at near 60 mph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at near 70 mph. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Kirley | - | Minor flooding of agricultural land along the Cheyenne river occurred. The river gage crested at 22.65 feet on May 15 at 500 AM MDT. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | Wind gusts to 70 mph caused power outages. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | Pea sized hail also fell with the storm. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Kirley | - | Wind gusts reached 40 mph. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | Pea size hail also fell with the storm. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Kirley | - | Several spotters watched a funnel cloud persist for almost 15 minutes near the intersection of US Highway 14 and SD Highways 34 and 63. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Kirley | - | Over three inches of rain fell in about two hours, causing flash flooding. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kirley | - | Large hail and strong wind gusts broke windows on a house. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Kirley | - | Numerous broken windows. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Flood | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Kirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirley | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261117. 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.



