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Kyle, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Oglala Lakota unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57752. It stands on No Flesh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kyle quadrangle. 943 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,910 feet above sea level.

Kyle within Oglala Lakota County

Population over time

2 figures

Kyle grew from 846 to 943 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.

YearPeople Change
2010846
2020943+97 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Kyle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,665 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning44
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Other causes20
Fireworks20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
9 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresPine Ridge AgencySTANDING SOLDIER
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyKYLE HILL
27 September 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyTHUNDERBULL
25 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresPine Ridge Agency5-MILE
23 September 2001Other causesunder an acrePine Ridge AgencyWATKINS
22 September 2014Other causes2.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyST BARNABUS
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyTHE DAM
20 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyKILLS IN WATER

Every fire recorded in Oglala Lakota County

Storms near this place

60 of 102 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kyle in 102 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 48 thunderstorm wind, 47 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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
June 1999Tornado (F0)Kyle$50,000Three mobile homes destroyed. This tornado moved into Jackson County before dissipating. Path width and length estimated from law enforcement report.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindKyle$50,000High winds from a severe thunderstorm blew a mobile home over on a road and also severely damaged a house. The roof of the house blew off and brought down a power line. About 40 houses had no electrical service for nearly two hours.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindKyle$30,000The combination of hail and wind damaged some automobiles.
August 2011HailKyle$10,000Most of the hail was golf ball size or smaller.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindKyle$3,000The strong winds tore sheet metal off a roof and broke large tree limbs.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKyle-Public reported estimated wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKyle-Trained spotter estimated wind gust report.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKyle-Small branches were downed by the wind.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKyle-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKyle-A trailer was blown over by the wind.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindKyle-The observer estimated wind gusts near 70 mph.
July 2019FloodKyle-Runoff from heavy rain caused flooding on Three Mile Creek, Six Mile Creek, and their tributaries. Water covered portions of BIA 17 and was reported along of BIA 2 southwest of Kyle.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindKyle-The strong winds damaged a home and outbuildings.
July 2018Tornado (EF0)Kyle-A brief EF-0 tornado damaged a group of trees, with large tree branches broken.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindKyle-The public estimated wind gusts at 70 mph.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 65 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindKyle-Strong winds damaged several mobile homes and destroyed one.
July 2016Heavy RainKyle-Rainfall total of 3.65 inches measured in 24 hours. Most of the rain fell during the late morning and afternoon hours on the July 1.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKyle-The spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindKyle-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 65 mph with small hail.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKyle-Small tree branches were broken by the wind.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindKyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2008FloodKyle-Minor flooding occurred along small streams in Shannon County.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindKyle-Thunderstorms winds "strong enough to knock people over" were reported at Sharps Corner.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Kyle-Brief touchdown. Path width and length estimated.
August 2024HailKyle-no account filed
May 2024Funnel CloudKyle-no account filed
July 2023HailKyle-no account filed
April 2022HailKyle-no account filed
July 2021HailKyle-no account filed
July 2020HailKyle-no account filed
July 2020HailKyle-no account filed
July 2020HailKyle-no account filed
June 2020HailKyle-no account filed
June 2019HailKyle-no account filed
July 2019HailKyle-no account filed
August 2019HailKyle-no account filed
July 2019HailKyle-no account filed
July 2019HailKyle-no account filed
July 2018HailKyle-no account filed
July 2018HailKyle-no account filed
August 2016HailKyle-no account filed
June 2015HailKyle-no account filed
April 2015HailKyle-no account filed
June 2013HailKyle-no account filed
May 2013HailKyle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oglala Lakota 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
Sharps Corner12.0 miles9
Evergreen12.5 miles8
Porcupine15.2 miles8
Rockyford18.0 miles10
Manderson20.4 miles8
Batesland20.8 miles8
Wakpamani21.0 miles9
Wounded Knee22.0 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 KyleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2028181The 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 1265753. 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.