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Mound City, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mound City town. It lies in ZIP code area 57646. The Survey maps it on the Mound City quadrangle. 69 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,722 feet above sea level.

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Mound City within Campbell County

On record in Mound City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Mound City fell from 71 to 69 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
201071
202069-2 (-3%)

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

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Mound City between 1999 and 2011, burning about 11,084 acres in total. 2 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 use2
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
12 August 2006Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
31 July 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresMurdo Volunteer Fire DepartmentTRAX
28 July 2006Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
28 July 2003Equipment and vehicle use30 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
14 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
12 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMound City Volunteer Fire DepartmentCRAIG OLSON
2 May 2003Debris and open burning50 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCRAIG MOSER
5 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined11,000 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMOUND CITY

Every fire recorded in Campbell 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 Mound City: 2 producers. All of them 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
Rau PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reynolds PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

60 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mound City in 76 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 43 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 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
May 2018Flash FloodMound City$34,000Heavy rains flooded several areas along Highway 271 in far southeast Campbell county along with many acres of crop and pastureland.
April 2019FloodMound City$9,700no account filed
August 2024Tornado (EFU)Mound City-A tornado touched down roughly 4.5 miles southeast of Mound City, SD in open crop and grassland. Photo and video evidence of the tornado was documented. The track was also noted on high resolution satellite imagery.
August 2024Tornado (EF2)Mound City-At 7:50 pm CDT, the tornado touched down on the west side of|South Dakota Highway 1804, just north of 118th St. Within a few minutes of being|on the ground, it tracked east and crossed South Dakota Highway 1804, tossing|hay bales in its path. Between 8:00-8:05 pm CDT, the tornado|continued in a more southeast direction, crossing 118th St and|encountering an electric transmission line, resulting in the|collapse of three electrical transmission towers. The tornado|then continued east-southeast toward 119th St, where it|encountered a farmstead. At this location, multiple trees were|broken, snapped, and uprooted. One small shed was lifted, another|had its walls collapse, and a machine shed had its doors blown|out. The main house lost windows, and a tractor lost its doors|facing east and west, although the front and back windshields|remained intact. Additionally, a trailer was rolled onto the|road, and other farm implements were destroyed or moved. Between|8:05-8:10 pm CDT, the tornado would cross to the south of 119th|St, flipping a haybine to the west and through a fence. The main|tornadic circulation broadened and tracked east, becoming nearly|stationary at times as it traversed over cropland between 299th|and 301st Ave. Many smaller tornadic vortices were|noted on video accounts during this period. Toward the end of the tornado|cycle, between roughly 8:15-8:20 pm CDT, it intensified once|again, becoming narrower and tracking from southwest to|northeast, crossing 119th St between 301st and 302nd Ave. The|track was clearly seen through a corn crop before lifting. Around|this same time, a distinct smaller tornado/vortex damaged a|farmstead. At this location, a tree was uprooted, a silo was|dented, and two shop buildings lost roof panels and doors.|Additionally, a travel trailer was rolled 100 feet across 119th|St, with debris tossed from north-northeast to south-southwest|into a cornfield. Two other smaller tornadic circulations were|also noted in the corn crop just west of the intersection of|302nd Ave and 119th St.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMound City-The high winds damaged a grain bin and overturned a tractor-trailer.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMound City-The wind was measured by a personal weather station. A steel tank was tipped over at a farm a mile west of Mound City as well.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMound City-The wind was measured by a personal weather station.
June 2021Tornado (EF0)Mound City-A tornado touched down briefly with no damage reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMound City-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
May 2018Flash FloodMound City-Water from the Lake Hiddenwood dam break flowed into southeast Campbell county flooding several roads and cropland.
May 2018FloodMound City-Flooding from heavy rains continued through the rest of the night and into the next day across southeast Campbell county.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMound City-Seventy mph winds and hail caused some crop damage along with downing some trees.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMound City-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 2013Tornado (EF0)Mound City-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field with no damage reported.
August 2012HailMound City-Ping pong size hail caused minor crop damage.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMound City-Sixty mph winds were estimated near Mound City.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMound City-Sixty mph winds brought down a cottonwood tree.
August 2008HailMound City-Large hail caused some damage to a vehicle along with some crops.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMound City-Winds of 70 mph or higher caused some damage in and around Mound City. Two large pole barns were destroyed, some homes and businesses were damaged, along with several trees and branches downed. A home had most of the siding torn off of one side. A grain bin was also destroyed.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMound City-Sixty mph winds brought down several tree branches.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMound City-Sixty mph winds blew down many large tree branches.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMound City-Winds gusting to 70 mph in Mound City blew a large tree down and into a trailer home wall. Another fallen branch damaged a Mound City home when it broke through the corner of the dwelling. Mound City was without power for 6 to 7 hours as a result of the storm.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMound City-Winds gusting to 80 mph knocked down some trees south of Mound City.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMound City-no account filed
April 2022HailMound City-no account filed
June 2022HailMound City-no account filed
June 2020HailMound City-no account filed
June 2019FloodMound City-no account filed
May 2019FloodMound City-no account filed
July 2019HailMound City-no account filed
September 2018HailMound City-no account filed
May 2016HailMound City-no account filed
September 2016HailMound City-no account filed
August 2016HailMound City-no account filed
July 2015HailMound City-no account filed
July 2015HailMound City-no account filed
June 2014HailMound City-no account filed
June 2014HailMound City-no account filed
August 2012HailMound City-no account filed
August 2011HailMound City-no account filed
July 2009HailMound City-no account filed
July 2009HailMound City-no account filed
July 2008HailMound City-no account filed
July 2008HailMound City-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMound City-no account filed
June 2008HailMound City-no account filed
June 2008HailMound City-no account filed
June 2008HailMound City-no account filed
August 2008HailMound City-no account filed
August 2008HailMound City-no account filed
August 2008HailMound City-no account filed
May 2007HailMound City-no account filed
June 2007HailMound City-no account filed
October 2007HailMound City-no account filed
June 2007HailMound City-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMound City-no account filed
August 2006HailMound City-no account filed
July 2005HailMound City-no account filed
July 2005HailMound City-no account filed
May 2004HailMound City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Campbell 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
Herreid7.6 miles7
Pollock16.8 miles7
Artas17.9 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 Mound CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2189383The 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 1256558. 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.