Mission Ridge, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Stanley unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57532. It stands on Mission Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mission Ridge quadrangle. It stands 1,985 feet above sea level.
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 Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mission Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Onida quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Mission Ridge in 2012, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 June 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LARRY DONELAN BALE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mission Ridge in 29 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | The public estimated that thunderstorm wind gusts reached an estimated 65 mph. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | Hail, mostly small but up to the size of quarters, covered the ground. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | Sixty mph winds took the door off an outbuilding. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph in Mission Ridge. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated near Mission Ridge. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | Sixty mph winds downed several large tree branches. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | Tennis ball hail broke most of the west side windows out of the house. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | Eighty mph winds destroyed a barn and downed some trees in and around Mission Ridge. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | Large tree limbs downed by the high winds. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | Sixty mph winds brought down many large tree branches. |
| September 2000 | Wildfire | Mission Ridge | - | Lightning started a grassfire in western Stanley County in the early morning hours of the 17th. With the extremely dry and windy conditions, the fire quickly spread and consumed 25,000 acres of grassland before it was brought under control. Smoke from the fire was seen from 40 miles away. The fire also destroyed six outbuildings and an old unoccupied farmhouse. Some roads had to be closed due to the fire and smoke. Several electrical poles were also burned. Many residents were notified of possible evacuations. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | Golfball size hail broke windshields on a few vehicles. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Mission Ridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orton | 2.8 miles | 6 | |
| Lacy | 14.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sansarc | 18.0 miles | 6 | |
| Hayes | 25.2 miles | 6 | |
| Wendte | 31.6 miles | 8 | |
| Teton | 31.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Pierre | 32.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bunker (historical) | 35.2 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 Mission Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6878694 | 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 1266866. 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.



