Lantry, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Dewey unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57636. The Survey maps it on the Lantry quadrangle. 33 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,421 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 McIntosh quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lantry quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Timber Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Lantry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 439 acres in total. 15 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 | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | H-D |
| 24 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | OVERFLOW |
| 22 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | CLIFF HANGER |
| 20 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | BEARCREEK |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Isabel Volunteer Fire Department | LOYD JENSEN |
| 15 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | JOCHIM |
| 10 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | WBEARCREEK |
| 9 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | BROOKS |
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 Lantry: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lantry in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | A trained spotter reported damage to their flags by an estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | The public reported thunderstorm wind damage in the form of 3 inch diameter limbs broken off trees in addition to several power poles that had also snapped. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | Nickel hail was observed in addition to the severe wind. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | This report came from mPING, and indicated that one inch tree limbs were broken and/or shingles were blown off. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | Estimated sixty mph winds brought some tree limbs down and took some shingles off the house. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | A wind gust of 94 mph brought down many large tree branches. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | Three weather stations near Lantry observed winds from 101 to 142 mph. One station recorded a 101 mph wind before it was destroyed. The other two stations recorded 131 mph and 142 mph winds. The winds destroyed an airplane hanger and badly damaged another one. Several semi-trailers were also tipped over and damaged by the very high winds. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Lantry | - | A tornado touched down briefly on a farm six miles northwest of Eagle Butte. Two homes suffered severe structural damage with several pole barns destroyed. Also several pieces of agricultural equipment were damaged or destroyed. A horse was severely injured and had to be put down. Wind speeds were estimated between 120 and 125 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | Eighty mph winds severely damaged several trees near the area. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | Winds gusting to 80 mph combined with baseball size hail broke windows out of a house north of Lantry and also damaged the house and other buildings. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Lantry | - | Dime to golfball size hail fell at Green Grass northeast of Lantry. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Lantry | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Lantry | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Lantry | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Lantry | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Lantry | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lantry | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Lantry | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Lantry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| North Eagle Butte | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Eagle Butte | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Green Grass | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Parade | 17.3 miles | 7 | |
| Isabel | 26.2 miles | 7 | |
| Thatcher | 26.7 miles | 7 | |
| Firesteel | 29.4 miles | 7 |
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 Lantry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6487635 | 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 1261033. 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.



