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Maurine, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the North Meade unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57626. The Survey maps it on the Maurine quadrangle.

Maurine within Meade 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

10 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Maurine between 2001 and 2007, burning about 3,810 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4

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
29 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use3,600 acresEnning Volunteer Fire DepartmentGRUEB
26 August 2003Natural1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
19 July 2006Natural10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
14 July 2006Natural150 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
12 July 2006Natural2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
12 July 2006Natural2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
12 July 2006Natural10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade 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 Maurine: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Meade County

Storms near this place

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maurine in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 18 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Flash FloodMaurine$800,000Three to four inches of rain in an hour and three to five inches of rain in two hours over parts of northeastern Meade County caused rapid rises on small creeks and overland flooding of rural areas. The flooding compromised five culverts and a bridge on county roads.
June 2024Tornado (EF2)Maurine$30,000A tornado developed about 17 miles west of Faith, just north of Highway 212. As the tornado moved southeast and crossed Highway 212, numerous power poles were downed and broken. Some trees were also snapped off near the trunk and large branches broken off of other trees in this area. Additional trees were downed further southeast, before the tornado dissipated. The tornado did not impact any buildings or property along its path. The tornado traveled about 4 miles and was rated an EF-2, with wind speeds as high as 118 mph.
July 2011Flash FloodMaurine$20,000Heavy rain caused street flooding in Faith. Four to six inches of flowing water covered a driveway east of Maurine.
June 1996HailMaurine$2,000no account filed
July 2023HailMaurine-Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph accompanied the storm.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMaurine-Large hay bales were blown across the road and a roof was blown off a shed.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMaurine-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2019FloodMaurine-As the flash flooding ended, flooding continued along area creeks, with overland flooding of rural areas.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMaurine-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMaurine-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMaurine-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMaurine-Large tree branches were broken by the wind.
May 2011Flash FloodMaurine-Flash flooding occurred along small creeks and streams in northeastern Meade County. Water was over Highway 212 near Fox Ridge Road, 19 miles west of Faith.
May 2011FloodMaurine-Flooding occurred along small creeks and streams in northeastern Meade County, where several county roads south and west of Faith were covered by water.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMaurine-10 inch diameter trees were blown down.
August 2002HailMaurine-The ground was covered with hail in Maurine.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMaurine-A garage door was blown off a building and several large trees had broken branches.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMaurine-60 mph winds combined with large hail to damage trees along Sulphur Creek.
July 2011HailMaurine-no account filed
August 2011HailMaurine-no account filed
May 2011HailMaurine-no account filed
August 2011HailMaurine-no account filed
June 2009HailMaurine-no account filed
April 2008HailMaurine-no account filed
June 2008HailMaurine-no account filed
July 2008HailMaurine-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMaurine-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMaurine-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMaurine-no account filed
June 2003HailMaurine-no account filed
June 2002HailMaurine-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMaurine-no account filed
June 2000HailMaurine-no account filed
May 2000HailMaurine-no account filed
May 2000HailMaurine-no account filed
July 1997HailMaurine-no account filed
July 1997HailMaurine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade 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
Fox Ridge4.1 miles6
Cedar Canyon5.1 miles8
Opal11.8 miles7
Mud Butte15.1 miles7
Avance (historical)19.7 miles7
Sulphur19.7 miles7
Stoneville20.2 miles7
Fairpoint21.8 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 MaurineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709399The 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 1256356. 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.