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Nemo, South Dakota

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57759. It lies near Richard Draw. The Survey maps it on the Nemo quadrangle.

Nemo within Lawrence County

On record in Nemo

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Nemo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,096 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 3 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
Natural47
Recreation and ceremony31
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2010Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSTEAMBOAT
4 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHAVEN
30 September 2015Natural2.5 acresBlack Hills National ForestSTAGEBARN
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestDIAMOND DALE
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
24 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSTEAMBOAT
20 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSTEAMBOAT #3
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBOULDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence 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 Nemo: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold, Silver. 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
Ama Queen MineSilver, GoldOccurrenceGold, Silver
CalabogiaSilver, LeadProspect
Cf&I PitIronProducer
Lucky StrikeGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Lucky StrikeGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

60 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nemo in 81 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 75 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
July 2019Flash FloodNemo$200,000Runoff from heavy rain destroyed several camping sites at the Boxelder Forks Campground and washed out Forest Service Road 140, Butcher Gulch Road/Forest Service Road 172, and Boxelder Creek Road in multiple locations.
July 2012HailNemo$5,000no account filed
August 2025HailNemo-Public submitted report.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindNemo-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNemo-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNemo-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNemo-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph and reported small hail covering the ground.
August 2012HailNemo-Quarter sized hail covered the ground.
June 2008HailNemo-Penny to quarter sized hail fell for ten minutes.
August 1999HailNemo-Hail was in drifted up to a foot deep along portions of Highway 385.
April 2025HailNemo-no account filed
August 2024HailNemo-no account filed
May 2023HailNemo-no account filed
July 2023HailNemo-no account filed
August 2023HailNemo-no account filed
July 2022HailNemo-no account filed
July 2022HailNemo-no account filed
July 2021HailNemo-no account filed
August 2021HailNemo-no account filed
July 2020HailNemo-no account filed
August 2020HailNemo-no account filed
June 2020HailNemo-no account filed
June 2020HailNemo-no account filed
June 2020HailNemo-no account filed
June 2019HailNemo-no account filed
June 2019HailNemo-no account filed
June 2019HailNemo-no account filed
June 2019HailNemo-no account filed
July 2019HailNemo-no account filed
September 2018HailNemo-no account filed
June 2018HailNemo-no account filed
June 2018HailNemo-no account filed
June 2018HailNemo-no account filed
June 2018HailNemo-no account filed
July 2018HailNemo-no account filed
July 2018HailNemo-no account filed
August 2017HailNemo-no account filed
August 2017HailNemo-no account filed
August 2017HailNemo-no account filed
August 2016HailNemo-no account filed
August 2016HailNemo-no account filed
August 2016HailNemo-no account filed
August 2016HailNemo-no account filed
July 2016HailNemo-no account filed
August 2014HailNemo-no account filed
June 2014HailNemo-no account filed
June 2014HailNemo-no account filed
May 2014HailNemo-no account filed
May 2014HailNemo-no account filed
June 2014HailNemo-no account filed
September 2013HailNemo-no account filed
May 2012HailNemo-no account filed
June 2012HailNemo-no account filed
July 2012HailNemo-no account filed
July 2012HailNemo-no account filed
August 2012HailNemo-no account filed
July 2011HailNemo-no account filed
July 2011HailNemo-no account filed
July 2011HailNemo-no account filed
June 2011HailNemo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Tomahawk1.8 miles17
Novak2.9 miles17
Channing (historical)3.3 miles17
Greenwood3.5 miles17
Benchmark4.4 miles17
Roubaix10.2 miles20
Diamond City (historical)10.7 miles14
Brownsville (historical)11.5 miles20

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 NemoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6991194The 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 1262118. 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.