BlockLucas, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Gregory unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57523. The Survey maps it on the Lucas 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.
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Lucas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Winner quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lucas between 2000 and 2012, burning about 288 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Highmore Volunteer Fire Department | PETERSON PLACE |
| 25 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 215 acres | Highmore Volunteer Fire Department | OLSON |
| 16 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Burke Volunteer Fire Department | PECK |
| 29 March 2012 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Rosebud Agency | RED LEAF |
| 9 October 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Dallas Volunteer Fire Department | ALBIN SUNDQUIST |
| 21 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HOGREFE FIRE |
| 21 October 2000 | Smoking | 45 acres | Dallas Volunteer Fire Department | DALLAS/SHAFFER AND ROBERTSON |
Storms near this place
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lucas in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 22 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Hail | Lucas | $10,000 | Hail damaged several cars. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucas | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a large hay shed and destroyed a cattle shed. Several windows were broken at a lodge. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucas | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Lucas | - | A storm chaser documented the initial touchdown of a tornado less than one mile northwest of Lucas, SD a bit southeast of the intersection of 283rd Street and 347th Avenue. The tornado then tracked southeast for around one mile, narrowly missing the town of Lucas but uprooting three large pine trees at 284th Street and 348th Avenue. After crossing the intersection, the tornado shredded the tree line just to the east of a hunting lodge. The tornado traveled across an open section before turning more southerly and again impacting a tree line at the mid-section line. The tornado crossed 349th Avenue and left a track in some mature corn before lifting just east of 349th Avenue. The tornado was rated EF0 with an estimated maximum wind gust of 85 mph. The average path width was 25 yards. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lucas | - | Hail ranged from golf ball to baseball size. Multiple windshields were broken with large dents in vehicles and corn was stripped of most of its leaves. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucas | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted or snapped several trees. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lucas | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lucas | - | Occasional stones from 2 to 2.5 inches diameter. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Lucas | - | After initial touchdown, the tornado traveled very slowly, mainly to the southwest. Damage was confined to some trees along a shelter belt and a nearby soybean field. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Lucas | - | Significant crop damage caused by wind-driven hail. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucas | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Lucas | - | Quarter size hail was accompanied by gusts estimated at 50 mph. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lucas | - | Ping pong ball size hail was accompanied by winds which blew over a wooden swing set. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Lucas | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding of a few roads about 2 miles east of the town of Lucas. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Lucas | - | Hail was accompanied by wind gusts up to 40 mph. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lucas | - | Large hail covered the ground. The hail damaged corn and soybean crops in the area. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Lucas | - | Hail fell for 35 minutes. Golf ball size hail fell continuously for 10 minutes. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Lucas | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lucas | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1256268. 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.