Meadow, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Meadow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57644. The Survey maps it on the Meadow quadrangle. It stands 2,703 feet above sea level.
On record in Meadow
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Sittner Farmlisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Lemmon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Lemmon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Meadow quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Lemmon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Meadow between 2002 and 2018, burning about 1,167 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 650 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JOHN BUER |
| 22 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STORMFIRE |
| 15 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LARRY SCHECKER |
| 13 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | R.J SCHILEY |
| 10 August 2007 | Natural | 150 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 28 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 12 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 12 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Storms near this place
60 of 89 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadow in 89 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 46 thunderstorm wind, 39 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Meadow | $100,000 | A tornado touched down just southeast of the intersection of S.D. Highways 73 and 20 East. It destroyed the Progress Rural School and continued to track to the north, dissipating northwest of the intersection of S.D. Highways 73 and 20 West. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $22,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew a small building apart and scattered the debris. Event time was estimated from radar data. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $20,000 | Outbuildings on two ranches were destroyed by strong winds. Time was estimated from radar. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed several grain bins and damaged an attached two-stall garage. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Meadow | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $5,000 | Crops were destroyed from wind driven hail. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Meadow | $2,000 | Combination of hail and wind broke several windows in a house. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | Hail up to ping pong ball size fell for about 30 minutes. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Meadow | - | A tornado formed shortly after a previous tornado dissipated. This tornado touched down about ten miles south of Meadow and was on the ground for about seven minutes. No damage was reported as it traveled over open terrain. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were also reported with the storm. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 70 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts near 90 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | A storm chaser estimated wind gusts to 90 mph blew down trees in Meadow. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Meadow | - | A tornado touched down in open country south of Meadow; it caused no damage. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Meadow | - | A tornado touched down in open country southwest of Meadow; it caused no damage. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Occasional wind gusts over 60 mph were recorded for 40 minutes. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | A spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | A spotter reported wind gusts of 65 mph. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | A garage was blown off its foundation and a large cottonwood tree was blown onto a house, damaging its roof. Event time was estimated from radar data. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Crops were destroyed from wind driven hail. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Meadow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Springs | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Chance | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Bison | 13.0 miles | 7 | |
| Shadehill | 16.4 miles | 7 | |
| Summerville | 17.0 miles | 7 | |
| Usta | 21.5 miles | 7 | |
| Date | 27.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lemmon | 28.6 miles | 6 |
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 Meadow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14709769 | 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 1256408. 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.



