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Moe, South Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Norway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57034. The Survey maps it on the Alcester NE quadrangle.

Moe within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

34 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Moe between 1999 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTEEL
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlcester Volunteer Fire DepartmentSUB STATION
11 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCanton Volunteer Fire DepartmentDENNY GARDNER
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTHOMPSON FIRE
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSORUM FIRE
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionKUIPER
16 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHWY 11
15 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHALVORSEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Moe: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

10 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moe in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMoe-Thunderstorm wind gusts sheared off the top half of a barn and pushed a second barn off its foundation. Two concrete silos were destroyed. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMoe-Thunderstorm winds collapsed doors in an outbuilding.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMoe-Thunderstorm wind gusts snapped several pine trees.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMoe-Thunderstorm wind gusts collapsed an outbuilding and tore shingles off a single-family house. Pine trees were snapped off across the road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMoe-Thunderstorm wind gusts removed the top from a grain bin.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMoe-A large door was blown in, and the metal roof peeled off an outbuilding.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMoe-Twelve mature pine trees were snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts at the Moe Lutheran Parish.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMoe-Thunderstorms winds blew the roof off a hog barn.
June 2013HailMoe-no account filed
June 2010HailMoe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Norway Center2.2 miles11
Fairview7.8 miles7
Hudson8.4 miles7
Canton10.0 miles11
Worthing14.5 miles10
Harrisburg19.6 miles10
Lennox20.3 miles10
Naomi20.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261047. 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.