BlockNahon, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57401. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen East quadrangle.
On record in Nahon
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Art Karl Farmlisted 1995 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1895 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Aberdeen East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Nahon between 2000 and 2017, burning about 461 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SCFD/07 |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | AIRPORT |
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 17ARF27 |
| 21 July 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BUHLER |
| 16 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DUTENHOFFER |
| 18 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DIXON CORN |
| 5 April 2002 | Other causes | 6.0 acres | Stratford Volunteer Fire Department | OEM W 27 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nahon in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Nahon | - | A weak tornado touched down four miles southeast of the Aberdeen Regional Airport. It blew apart a swing set and launched a trampoline into a nearby cornfield. Spotty damage to the corn crop was also noted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobee Acres | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Melrose Addition | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Warner | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bath Corner | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Aberdeen | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Stratford | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Bath | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rudolph | 7.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261127. 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.