Lebanon, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Potter unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57455. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle. 33 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,952 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLebanon fell from 47 to 33 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 47 | |
| 2020 | 33 | -14 (-30%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gettysburg quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon between 2000 and 2018, burning about 5,183 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department | BREEN 2 |
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department | BREEN |
| 25 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | METAL WORKS |
| 25 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ROGER SIMON FIRE |
| 17 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BRAD SIMON |
| 17 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BRAD SIMON 2 |
| 21 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department | ELMER NYLANDER |
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 Lebanon: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knott Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lebanon in 34 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 22 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | Sixty mph winds brought some tree limbs down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | Sixty mph winds blew the chicken coop next to the grain bin. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Lebanon | - | A tornado touched down northwest of Lebanon with no damage reported. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Lebanon | - | A tornado touched down briefly northwest of Lebanon with no damage occurring. |
| September 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | Sixty mph winds blew a large barn door off of its track. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto a fence. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Lebanon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gettysburg | 10.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hoven | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Tolstoy | 12.6 miles | 7 | |
| Gorman | 18.9 miles | 6 | |
| Forest City | 28.5 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 Lebanon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2788855 | 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 1265663. 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.



