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.
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.
- 1937 USGS Oahe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lacy quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional 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 use | 3 |
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 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SCOTT BAILER |
| 31 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.3 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GUN SMOKE |
| 1 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PORCUPINE 2 CA |
Storms near this place
31 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Hail | Lacy | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Lacy | - | Golf ball to tennis ball size hail broke multiple windows and caused significant damage to gardens. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | Seventy mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Lacy | - | Several roads were flooded by heavy rains of 1 to 3 inches. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Flood | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flood | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flood | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Flood | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Flood | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lacy | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lacy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Ridge | 14.4 miles | 6 | |
| Orton | 16.6 miles | 6 | |
| Wendte | 17.4 miles | 8 | |
| Teton | 17.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sansarc | 17.7 miles | 6 | |
| Hayes | 19.0 miles | 6 | |
| Fort Pierre | 19.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bunker (historical) | 27.7 miles | 6 |
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.




