Kranzburg, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kranzburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57245. The Survey maps it on the Kranzburg quadrangle. 163 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,982 feet above sea level.
On record in Kranzburg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
- Holy Rosary Churchlisted 1986
- Kranzburg School District No. 5listed 1991
- Nicholas T. Ries Farmsteadlisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresKranzburg fell from 172 to 163 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 172 | |
| 2020 | 163 | -9 (-5%) |
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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Kranzburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Kranzburg between 1999 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Shore Volunteer Fire Department | GRIEPP |
| 11 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Watertown Volunteer Fire Department | LAMBERT |
| 1 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 9 June 2000 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | South Shore Volunteer Fire Department | NELSON |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BOSWELL |
| 4 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 29 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LONGVIEW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kranzburg: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kranzburg in 17 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 15 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kranzburg | - | A barn collapsed about a half mile to the south-southwest of Kranzburg. There was only a very limited amount of debris pushed northeast, largely within 20 to 30 feet of the building. There was tree that was knocked down about 80 yards to the north of the barn. No damage was noted to three other farm buildings there were to the south and north of the barn. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kranzburg | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Appleby | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Watertown | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Rauville | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Foley | 12.7 miles | 8 | |
| Green Trees Subdivision | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| South Shore | 14.7 miles | 6 | |
| North Shore | 15.7 miles | 8 |
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 Kranzburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965993 | 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 1255976. 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.



