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Norway Center, South Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Norway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57034. The Survey maps it on the Alcester NW quadrangle.

Norway Center within Lincoln County

On record in Norway Center

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

32 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Norway Center between 1999 and 2020, burning about 272 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
29 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTEEL
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlcester Volunteer Fire DepartmentSUB STATION
11 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCanton Volunteer Fire DepartmentDENNY GARDNER
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSORUM FIRE
2 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMound City Volunteer Fire DepartmentCOUNTY YARD
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionKUIPER
16 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHWY 11
15 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHALVORSEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Norway Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norway Center in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2004Thunderstorm WindNorway Center$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a mobile home.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNorway Center$2,000Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a large tree uprooted. The winds also damaged siding on a house.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNorway Center-A barn was destroyed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNorway Center-Thunderstorms winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. The winds also moved heavy full flower pots. The winds were accompanied by small hail.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNorway Center-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 4 inch diameter branches blown down.
June 2010HailNorway Center-no account filed
July 2009HailNorway Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Moe2.2 miles11
Hudson9.2 miles7
Fairview9.8 miles7
Canton12.1 miles11
Worthing15.7 miles10
Lennox21.0 miles10
Naomi21.1 miles10
Harrisburg21.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265675. 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.