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Milesville, South Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Haakon unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57553. The Survey maps it on the Milesville quadrangle. It stands 2,356 feet above sea level.

Milesville within Haakon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Milesville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,222 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

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
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionELSHIRE
5 August 2006Natural200 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 August 2006Natural200 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
3 August 2006Natural25 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
3 August 2006Natural10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
27 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionM HILL
26 August 2000Natural40 acresMilesville Volunteer Fire DepartmentLEO PATTON
22 August 2001Natural30 acresMilesville Volunteer Fire DepartmentSEVEN BLACKFOOT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haakon County

Storms near this place

60 of 105 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milesville in 105 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 45 thunderstorm wind, 43 hail, 14 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2019FloodMilesville$100,000Releases from Angostura Dam, combined with runoff from heavy rain, continued to cause major flooding along the Cheyenne River. The Cheyenne River near Plainview reached a preliminary height of 22.87 feet and a peak flow of 61,900 cfs on May 23, which is a new record height and the second highest discharge ever recorded at the location.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMilesville$25,000Mobile home was blown over.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMilesville$20,000no account filed
August 2011HailMilesville$15,000no account filed
August 2011HailMilesville$10,000no account filed
July 2025HailMilesville-Larger pieces up to 1 inch in diameter.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMilesville-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMilesville-SD Mesonet Station recorded the wind gust.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMilesville-SD Mesonet Station recorded the wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at around 60 mph.
May 2020Flash FloodMilesville-Runoff from heavy rain inundated fields and damaged several rural roads. Roads that were flooded included portions of Hilland Road, 210th Street, 227th Street, and 230th Street.
June 2020HailMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at 50 mph.
March 2019FloodMilesville-The peak gage height at the Cheyenne River at Plainview reached a preliminary height of 18.98 feet on March 22. The peak flow of just over 10,000 cfs occurred after the ice was gone.
May 2019FloodMilesville-Releases from Angostura Dam, combined with runoff from heavy rain, caused moderate flooding of agricultural land along the Cheyenne River. The river crested over flood stage (14 feet) at 19.86 feet on May 30, with a peak flow around 34,100 cfs.
June 2018FloodMilesville-Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the Cheyenne River. The river gauge near Bridger along SD Highway 34 crested at 17.8 feet or 1.8 feet above flood stage.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wild gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts to 90 mph uprooted trees, destroyed two barns, moved another barn off its foundation about 250 feet, and flipped a pickup truck on its side.
May 2015FloodMilesville-Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the Cheyenne River.
June 2015FloodMilesville-Minor to moderate flooding of agricultural land occurred along the Cheyenne River.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindMilesville-The spotter reported wind gusts of 60 mph.
June 2015FloodMilesville-Minor to moderate flooding of agricultural land occurred along the Cheyenne River.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Milesville-A very small tornado was observed on the ground for five minutes. It caused no damage.
October 2013FloodMilesville-Moderate flooding of agricultural land occurred along the Cheyenne River. The river gauge at SD Highway 34/73 near Bridger reached a height of 18.4 feet, which is 2.4 feet above flood stage.
October 2013FloodMilesville-Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the Cheyenne River. The river gauge at SD Highway 34/73 near Bridger reached a height of 17.8 feet, which is 1.8 feet above flood stage.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
March 2011FloodMilesville-Moderate flooding occurred along the Cheyenne River. The river gage at the SD Highway 34/73 bridge southeast of Plainview crested at 18.5 feet, or 2.5 feet above flood stage.
May 2011FloodMilesville-Flooding occurred along the Cheyenne River.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Strong wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph were reported.
May 2010FloodMilesville-Minor flooding occurred along the Cheyenne River.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMilesville-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMilesville-A spotter estimated wind gusts near 60 mph.
April 2009FloodMilesville-Minor flooding occurred along the Cheyenne River.
June 1998HailMilesville-Barn damaged along with some broken skylights.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
May 2023HailMilesville-no account filed
April 2022HailMilesville-no account filed
April 2022HailMilesville-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
May 2020HailMilesville-no account filed
May 2020HailMilesville-no account filed
August 2020HailMilesville-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMilesville-no account filed
September 2019HailMilesville-no account filed
August 2018HailMilesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Haakon 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
Billsburg4.0 miles6
West Fork7.0 miles5
Hartley8.0 miles6
Elbon12.2 miles6
Hilland15.3 miles6
Lucerne17.1 miles6
Elevenmile Corner18.0 miles6
Dowling (historical)18.3 miles6

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 MilesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6851627The 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 1256463. 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.