New Underwood, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in New Underwood City. It lies in ZIP code area 57761. The Survey maps it on the New Underwood quadrangle. 590 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,844 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew Underwood fell from 660 to 590 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 | 660 | |
| 2020 | 590 | -70 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 New Underwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS New Underwood quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of New Underwood between 2000 and 2017, burning about 1,377 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Pennington County | HW 44 |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CROSBIE |
| 15 September 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TOMTIE |
| 14 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 158 COUNTY ASSIST |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 1416 FIRE |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CROSBIE |
| 6 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SPRING DRAW |
| 24 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SIMMONS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of New Underwood: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesar Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
54 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Underwood in 54 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 35 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | New Underwood | $250,000 | Flash flooding occurred on Sage Creek in Badlands National Park. Water inundated Sage Creek Road and flooded Sage Creek Campground. Flash flooding compromised a culvert under the railroad tracks about five miles east of New Underwood, which derailed a Rapid City, Pierre, & Eastern train. Two railroad employees in the partially submerged locomotive were injured. |
| June 2009 | Hail | New Underwood | $150,000 | Baseball sized hail broke automobile windows at mile marker 73 on Interstate 90 west of New Underwood. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | $10,000 | Strong winds ripped the roof off a mobile home. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | $5,000 | A camper was blown over on Interstate 90 near New Underwood. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | $3,000 | The roof and a wall were torn off a shed and carried several hundred feet by strong winds. A power pole was broken in three pieces. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | Wind gusts were near 60 mph. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | Wind gusts were estimated at almost 70 mph. |
| July 2021 | Hail | New Underwood | - | Automobiles on Interstate 90 were damaged. |
| July 2021 | Hail | New Underwood | - | Large hail to tennis ball size caused significant damage to the dome of the NWS Rapid City Doppler radar (KUDX). |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 70 mph. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph blew over several semi-trailer trucks. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | New Underwood | - | Most roads in and around New Underwood were covered with water for 1.5 hours. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | Dime sized hail fell. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Underwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mawl Springs | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Farmingdale | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Caputa | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Box Elder | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| Wicksville | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Owanka | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Creston | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Green Valley | 15.1 miles | 16 |
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 New Underwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2197104 | 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 1256685. 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.



