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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Moreau quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS La Plant quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LESTMEISTER |
| 11 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | LEROY |
| 10 September 1994 | Natural | 10 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | LEROYDUBRA |
| 24 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LANDOU |
| 19 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | K.MARSHALL |
| 13 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | COMBINE 2 |
| 8 July 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.5 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | EUGENE DX |
| 4 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | NO NAME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Moreau | $500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Moreau | - | A storm produced hail for nearly 30 minutes with large hail to quarter size occurring at the end of the storm. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreau | - | An estimated sixty mph wind blew down an old leaning house. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreau | - | An estimated wind gust of 70 mph brought down numerous large branches. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreau | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Moreau | - | Large hail combined with strong winds caused damage to the house and the car. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Moreau | - | Large hail combined with strong winds cracked many windows on the house along with damaging the screen door. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Moreau | - | Heavy rain of nearly 6 inches resulted in water over several roads. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Moreau | - | 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 2022 | Hail | Moreau | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Moreau | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Moreau | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flood | Moreau | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promise | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Virginia | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Trail City | 19.1 miles | 7 | |
| Marksville | 19.8 miles | 7 | |
| La Plant | 19.8 miles | 7 | |
| Yellowhorse Ford | 21.8 miles | 8 | |
| Whitehorse | 26.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ridgeview | 28.4 miles | 7 |
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.



