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Moreau, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Dewey unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57601. It stands on Moreau River. The Survey maps it on the Moreau quadrangle.

Moreau within Dewey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Moreau between 1992 and 2020, burning about 660 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined8
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLESTMEISTER
11 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyLEROY
10 September 1994Natural10 acresCheyenne River AgencyLEROYDUBRA
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLANDOU
19 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyK.MARSHALL
13 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyCOMBINE 2
8 July 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution6.5 acresCheyenne River AgencyEUGENE DX
4 July 2012Naturalunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyNO NAME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dewey County

Storms near this place

13 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moreau in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. 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
June 2008FloodMoreau$500,000no account filed
July 2021HailMoreau-A storm produced hail for nearly 30 minutes with large hail to quarter size occurring at the end of the storm.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMoreau-An estimated sixty mph wind blew down an old leaning house.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMoreau-An estimated wind gust of 70 mph brought down numerous large branches.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMoreau-Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public.
June 2010HailMoreau-Large hail combined with strong winds caused damage to the house and the car.
June 2010HailMoreau-Large hail combined with strong winds cracked many windows on the house along with damaging the screen door.
August 2007Flash FloodMoreau-Heavy rain of nearly 6 inches resulted in water over several roads.
August 2007Flash FloodMoreau-Heavy rains of 4 to 6 inches caused the flooding of several roads. Some culverts were washed out and part of a road was washed away.
June 2022HailMoreau-no account filed
June 2018HailMoreau-no account filed
June 2014HailMoreau-no account filed
August 2007FloodMoreau-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dewey 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
Promise11.0 miles8
Virginia11.9 miles9
Trail City19.1 miles7
Marksville19.8 miles7
La Plant19.8 miles7
Yellowhorse Ford21.8 miles8
Whitehorse26.6 miles8
Ridgeview28.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261048. 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.