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Lacy, South Dakota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Stanley unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57532. The Survey maps it on the Lacy quadrangle.

Lacy within Stanley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lacy between 2017 and 2018, burning about 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
31 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSCOTT BAILER
31 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGUN SMOKE
1 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPORCUPINE 2 CA

Every fire recorded in Stanley County

Storms near this place

31 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacy in 31 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 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
July 2023HailLacy-Hail, up to ping pong and golf ball size, covered the ground. Estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph were observed with the storm.
July 2023HailLacy-Golf ball to tennis ball size hail broke multiple windows and caused significant damage to gardens.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLacy-Seventy mph winds were estimated.
June 2007Flash FloodLacy-Several roads were flooded by heavy rains of 1 to 3 inches.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
July 2021HailLacy-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
June 2017HailLacy-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLacy-no account filed
August 2015HailLacy-no account filed
May 2013HailLacy-no account filed
May 2013HailLacy-no account filed
September 2011FloodLacy-no account filed
May 2011FloodLacy-no account filed
June 2011FloodLacy-no account filed
July 2011FloodLacy-no account filed
August 2011FloodLacy-no account filed
June 2008HailLacy-no account filed
June 2008HailLacy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stanley 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
Mission Ridge14.4 miles6
Orton16.6 miles6
Wendte17.4 miles8
Teton17.7 miles10
Sansarc17.7 miles6
Hayes19.0 miles6
Fort Pierre19.9 miles8
Bunker (historical)27.7 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261030. 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.