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Morristown, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Custer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57645. The Survey maps it on the Morristown quadrangle. 47 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,254 feet above sea level.

Morristown within Corson County

Population over time

2 figures

Morristown fell from 67 to 47 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.

YearPeople Change
201067
202047-20 (-30%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

22 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Morristown between 2000 and 2018, burning about 604 acres in total. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2001Natural1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyMOSER
3 September 2003Natural3.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyMAIER
3 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyBEER
3 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMorristown Volunteer Fire DepartmentO'DONNEL
4 August 2003Naturalunder an acreStanding Rock AgencySCHAFF
18 August 2003Naturalunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyHAWCREEK
18 August 2003Natural5.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyWEINK
11 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use100 acresStanding Rock AgencyMCINTOSH WEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Corson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Morristown: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. 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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sdg - Morristown Quad - Deposit 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerTERRACE
Sdg - Morristown Quad - Deposit 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerTERRACE
Sdg - Morristown Quad - Deposit 7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerTERRACE

Every working recorded in Corson County

Storms near this place

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morristown in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindMorristown-A personal weather station 6 miles south of Morristown recorded a wind gust of 70 mph.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMorristown-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines at a residence 5 miles south of Morristown. The power outage from wind damage to power lines extended back to the northwest as far as Keldron, SD.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMorristown-Estimated seventy mph winds downed several trees and many limbs.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMorristown-Estimated sixty mph winds brought some tree limbs down along with moving a children's playhouse across the road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMorristown-Estimated seventy mph winds downed several trees and took out the power in the house.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMorristown-An estimated sixty mph wind downed an olive tree.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMorristown-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMorristown-Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public.
August 1995HailMorristown-Large hail destroyed several acres of crops and high winds gusting to 80 mph downed several trees.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMorristown-Large hail destroyed several acres of crops and high winds gusting to 80 mph downed several trees.
September 2025HailMorristown-no account filed
September 2025HailMorristown-no account filed
June 2024HailMorristown-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMorristown-no account filed
June 2013HailMorristown-no account filed
June 2013HailMorristown-no account filed
July 2011HailMorristown-no account filed
June 2011HailMorristown-no account filed
June 2011HailMorristown-no account filed
September 2009HailMorristown-no account filed
July 2006HailMorristown-no account filed
June 2003HailMorristown-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMorristown-no account filed
July 2001HailMorristown-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindMorristown-no account filed
June 1996HailMorristown-no account filed
August 1995HailMorristown-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMorristown-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMorristown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Corson 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
Keldron4.6 miles7
Watauga9.6 miles7
Thunder Hawk13.3 miles6
McIntosh19.8 miles7
Black Horse23.8 miles7
Athboy27.3 miles7
Walker33.6 miles6
Miscol34.8 miles7

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 MorristownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3172413The 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 1256548. 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.