Newark, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Newark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57430. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sisseton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Newark between 2008 and 2018, burning about 771 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KIDDER FIRE |
| 7 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NORTH QUARTER |
| 3 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 650 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BRITTON |
| 16 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DOUG HENLEY RESTART |
| 14 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NORTH SECTION |
| 5 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NELSON TREE PILE FIRE |
| 13 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BRAMPTON FIRE |
| 25 October 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CHESTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newark in 16 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 13 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Flood | Newark | $150,000 | Many roadways were flooded, including Marshall County Road 11 south of Amherst. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Newark | $143,300 | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Flood | Newark | $100,000 | Snow melt brought flooding across much of Marshall county. Many roads along with crop and pastureland were flooded. The lake levels also rose across the county. In the early morning hours of March 18th, the creek northeast of Langford became blocked by snow and ice, causing water to run into Langford streets and the house basements. Some people had a couple of feet of water in their basements. The basements of at least two homes in Langford had collapsed. The water receded during the late afternoon. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | A farmer reported that thunderstorm winds caused a large limb to fall from his tree. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Newark | - | Several county and township roads were flooded and closed. Three homes in Langford ended up with water in their basements due to a fast rising creek. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | A 40 foot tall tree was snapped at the base and corn was flattened by seventy mph winds. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Flood | Newark | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flood | Newark | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Newark | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Flood | Newark | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Flood | Newark | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flood | Newark | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Newark | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Colony | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Kidder | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Britton | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| West Britton | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Amherst | 14.9 miles | 6 | |
| Spain | 15.6 miles | 6 | |
| Newport Colony | 18.8 miles | 6 | |
| Marlow | 21.5 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 Newark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23709405 | 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 1260946. 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.



