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Newell, South Dakota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Newell City. It lies in ZIP code area 57760. It stands on Deadman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newell quadrangle. 584 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,835 feet above sea level.

Newell within Butte County

On record in Newell

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Newell fell from 603 to 584 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
2010603
2020584-19 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

43 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Newell between 1998 and 2020, burning about 809 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning8
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGUY
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCONTROLLED BURN
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
20 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNewell Volunteer Fire DepartmentMAUCH
17 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBOESEN
1 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDESCHAMPS
5 July 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRapid City Fire Department98-2081

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newell: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hayy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Butte County

Storms near this place

60 of 97 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newell in 97 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 48 thunderstorm wind, 47 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell1 hurtA pickup truck pulling a horse trailer were blown off Highway 212, injuring one person. A nearby ranch sustained damage to a barn and chimney, a travel trailer was tipped over, and an outbuilding was destroyed.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindNewell$150,000Strong wind gusts uprooted large trees and power poles in Newell. Some buildings and homes in town sustained damage in and around Newell.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNewell$40,000Some outbuildings and carports were damaged, a roof was blown off one building, and several trees were uprooted by the strong winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNewell$25,000Several trees and many tree limbs were blown down in Newell. A large trailer at a gas station in Newell was tipped over.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNewell$20,000The combination of softball sized hail and strong wind gust broke several windows and damaged the siding and roof of a house.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNewell$10,000Large trees uprooted and grain bins blown over.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindNewell$3,000Strong winds blew the roof off a garage. The "crows nest" observation tower at high school football stadium was also blown over.
August 1993Tornado (F0)Newell$500A severe thunderstorm destroyed crops, especially east of Vale. A likely tornado skimmed the trees near a residence and tore tin from buildings. Southeast of Newell, large driving hail shattered the windows on the trailer.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindNewell-SD Mesonet measured wind gust.
September 2025HailNewell-Trained spotter reported one inch hail with storm.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-Large branches were broken off of trees.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-Tree damage was reported in town.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2018HailNewell-Very large hail, with a few stones to the size of softballs, damaged an automobile.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNewell-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2017HailNewell-The combination of hail to baseball size and strong wind gusts damaged automobiles, houses, signs, and other property in town.
July 2017HailNewell-The spotter also reported 50 mph wind gusts.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNewell-Ten inch diameter tree limbs were broken off trees.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell-Strong winds blew over a 60 foot radio tower.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell-A shed was destroyed, an automobile trailer was tipped over, and large cottonwood trees were knocked down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNewell-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNewell-Winds gusted to 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNewell-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNewell-Power lines were downed by the winds.
July 2001HailNewell-Hail destroyed 150 acres of alfalfa and millet.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNewell-MANY BROKEN TREE BRANCHES.
May 2024HailNewell-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2023HailNewell-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2023HailNewell-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2021HailNewell-no account filed
June 2021HailNewell-no account filed
June 2021HailNewell-no account filed
June 2021HailNewell-no account filed
July 2021HailNewell-no account filed
July 2021HailNewell-no account filed
July 2021HailNewell-no account filed
July 2020HailNewell-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
September 2019HailNewell-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2018HailNewell-no account filed
June 2018HailNewell-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
July 2018HailNewell-no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
August 2017HailNewell-no account filed
July 2017HailNewell-no account filed
July 2017HailNewell-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butte 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
Vale6.6 miles13
Nisland7.6 miles12
Empire8.5 miles13
Arpan13.1 miles9
Fruitdale15.0 miles13
Snoma (historical)15.1 miles13
Castle Rock17.2 miles8
Belle Fourche23.1 miles14

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 NewellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q934855The 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 1256690. 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.