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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.

Lantry within Dewey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

116 since 1992

Regional 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 use35
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning12
Fireworks11
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyH-D
24 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyOVERFLOW
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresCheyenne River AgencyCLIFF HANGER
20 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresCheyenne River AgencyBEARCREEK
17 September 2000Naturalunder an acreIsabel Volunteer Fire DepartmentLOYD JENSEN
15 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyJOCHIM
10 September 2001Debris and open burning1.2 acresCheyenne River AgencyWBEARCREEK
9 August 1997Naturalunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyBROOKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dewey County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bear Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dewey County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLantry-A trained spotter reported damage to their flags by an estimated 60 mph wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLantry-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 2022Thunderstorm WindLantry-Nickel hail was observed in addition to the severe wind.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLantry-This report came from mPING, and indicated that one inch tree limbs were broken and/or shingles were blown off.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLantry-Estimated sixty mph winds brought some tree limbs down and took some shingles off the house.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLantry-A wind gust of 94 mph brought down many large tree branches.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLantry-Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLantry-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 2010Tornado (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 2010Thunderstorm WindLantry-Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLantry-Eighty mph winds severely damaged several trees near the area.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindLantry-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 1998HailLantry-Dime to golfball size hail fell at Green Grass northeast of Lantry.
May 2022HailLantry-no account filed
July 2021HailLantry-no account filed
August 2021HailLantry-no account filed
August 2021HailLantry-no account filed
July 2001HailLantry-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLantry-no account filed
August 1998HailLantry-no account filed
July 1998HailLantry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dewey 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
Bear Creek3.4 miles7
North Eagle Butte10.5 miles7
Eagle Butte10.5 miles7
Green Grass14.6 miles8
Parade17.3 miles7
Isabel26.2 miles7
Thatcher26.7 miles7
Firesteel29.4 miles7

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 LantryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6487635The 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.