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.
Population over time
2 figuresMorristown 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 67 | |
| 2020 | 47 | -20 (-30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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
- 1972 USGS Morristown quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Morristown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 2000Regional 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 use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | MOSER |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | MAIER |
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | BEER |
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Morristown Volunteer Fire Department | O'DONNEL |
| 4 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | SCHAFF |
| 18 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | HAWCREEK |
| 18 August 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | WEINK |
| 11 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Standing Rock Agency | MCINTOSH WEST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sdg - Morristown Quad - Deposit 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | TERRACE | |
| Sdg - Morristown Quad - Deposit 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | TERRACE | |
| Sdg - Morristown Quad - Deposit 7 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | TERRACE |
Storms near this place
29 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | A personal weather station 6 miles south of Morristown recorded a wind gust of 70 mph. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Estimated seventy mph winds downed several trees and many limbs. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Estimated sixty mph winds brought some tree limbs down along with moving a children's playhouse across the road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Estimated seventy mph winds downed several trees and took out the power in the house. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | An estimated sixty mph wind downed an olive tree. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Morristown | - | Large hail destroyed several acres of crops and high winds gusting to 80 mph downed several trees. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Large hail destroyed several acres of crops and high winds gusting to 80 mph downed several trees. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keldron | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Watauga | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Thunder Hawk | 13.3 miles | 6 | |
| McIntosh | 19.8 miles | 7 | |
| Black Horse | 23.8 miles | 7 | |
| Athboy | 27.3 miles | 7 | |
| Walker | 33.6 miles | 6 | |
| Miscol | 34.8 miles | 7 |
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 Morristown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3172413 | 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 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.




