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Midway, South Dakota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jamesville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57037. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle.

Midway within Yankton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1999 and 2020, burning about 702 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression14ARF26
17 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionIFD
25 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionJENSON
16 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionFORTUNE
30 April 2007Debris and open burning36 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
13 April 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresLesterville Fire & RescueKADDATZ FARM
6 March 2004Debris and open burning75 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionKLIMISH
22 March 2007Debris and open burning50 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yankton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 4 past producers. 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
Erickson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nels Nelson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peterson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sigel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yankton County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
July 2003LightningMidway1 killed, 1 hurtTwo brothers, age 19 and 17, were struck by lightning while swimming in Lewis and Clark Lake. The 19 year old died later the same day, while the 17 year old survived his injuries.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMidway$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew a sheet metal building onto the intersection of South Dakota Highway 46 and U. S. Highway 81.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMidway-Numerous healthy trees were uprooted by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMidway-A thunderstorm wind gust of 76 mph was measured by personal weather station SDMENNO8.
June 2017HailMidway-no account filed
September 2015HailMidway-no account filed
September 2005HailMidway-no account filed
May 2001HailMidway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yankton 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
Vedin Corner3.0 miles11
Jamesville Colony4.7 miles11
Jamesville4.8 miles11
Mayfield5.2 miles11
Pearsons Corner5.2 miles11
Utica11.2 miles9
Lesterville12.0 miles11
Valleyview12.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261045. 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.