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Mahto, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Corson unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57642. The Survey maps it on the Mahto quadrangle.

Mahto within Corson 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

59 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Mahto between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,043 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 were 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/undetermined14
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
18 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyBARNEY
12 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencySTRIP
1 September 2001Natural30 acresMcLaughlin Volunteer Fire DepartmentDAVE HARRISON
25 August 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyKATHERINE
22 August 2017Naturalunder an acreStanding Rock Agency3110 RD FIRE
19 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyMAHTO ROAD
17 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyULMER
11 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyMCLAUGH2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Corson County

Storms near this place

23 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mahto in 23 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 14 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
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMahto-Thunderstorm winds downed several tree branches at a residence 8 miles northwest of Kenel, SD which sits just south of the North Dakota state line. Another residence just over the border had siding removed by these strong winds.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMahto-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMahto-Numerous trees were downed by estimated eighty mph winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMahto-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
August 2011Tornado (EF0)Mahto-A tornado touched down briefly with no damage reported.
July 2020HailMahto-no account filed
July 2020HailMahto-no account filed
July 2019HailMahto-no account filed
June 2018HailMahto-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed
August 2014HailMahto-no account filed
August 2014HailMahto-no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed
July 2008HailMahto-no account filed
July 2008HailMahto-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMahto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Corson 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
Jeffrey (historical)5.7 miles8
McLaughlin8.1 miles8
Little Eagle8.9 miles8
Wakpala10.2 miles8
Snake Creek12.9 miles8
Kenel13.4 miles8
Maple Leaf16.1 miles7
Bullhead21.4 miles8

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 MahtoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709396The 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 1261038. 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.