Mission Hill, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mission Hill town. It lies in ZIP code area 57046. The Survey maps it on the Mission Hill quadrangle. 190 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level.
On record in Mission Hill
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 9 records
United Church of Christlisted 1980
Van Osdel Houselisted 1980
Vangen Churchlisted 1980- Larson-Simonson Houselisted 1980
- New Hope Farm Polygonal Barnlisted 2004
- New Hope Farm Swine Barnlisted 2004
- Lewis Olson Log Houselisted 1980
- Mathias Peterson Homesteadlisted 1980
- Simonson Farmsteadlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresMission Hill grew from 177 to 190 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 177 | |
| 2020 | 190 | +13 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mission Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Yankton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Mission Hill between 1999 and 2019, burning about 187 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MISSING TIRE |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MOOSE FIRE |
| 29 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ROUND LAKE FIRE |
| 1 August 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STATE 50 FIRE |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STATE 50 3 |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STATE 50 2 |
| 24 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STATE 50 1 |
| 15 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HWY 50 GRASS FIRE IN DITCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mission Hill: 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mission Hill in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hill | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed several large grain bins, blew down power lines and poles, and caused widespread tree damage, including several large trees blown down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hill | $70,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged three mobile homes, and also damaged trees and power lines. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hill | $30,000 | While dime size hail and winds to around 60 mph occurred in Mission Hill, it was part of a 3 mile wide swath of more significant wind-driven hail from around 4 miles north northwest of Mission Hill to a mile south of Mission Hill. Corn and soybean fields were pulverized to stubble, with most trees stripped of leaves. At a farm 3 miles northwest of Mission Hill, a grain bin, machine shed and trailer home each lost part of the roof. Along the path, three center irrigation pivots were overturned. Property damage costs are rough estimates. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hill | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a garage. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hill | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree limb. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hill | - | Several tree limbs were snapped by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hill | - | A wall was blown out of a farm outbuilding. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | Hail was brief in nature and occurred with very heavy rain. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | Large hails covered the ground. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Mission Hill | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Mission Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valleyview | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Volin | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Gayville | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Yankton | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Napa Junction | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mayfield | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Utica | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Vedin Corner | 12.7 miles | 11 |
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 Mission Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2183338 | 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 1256497. 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.




