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Okreek, South Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East Todd unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57563. The Survey maps it on the Okreek quadrangle. 190 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,270 feet above sea level.

Okreek within Todd County

Population over time

2 figures

Okreek fell from 269 to 190 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
2010269
2020190-79 (-29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Okreek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 7 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
Natural18
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
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
8 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresRosebud AgencyT.O.GARY
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresRosebud AgencyWOOD ROAD
19 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRosebud AgencyHAY YARD
1 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRosebud AgencyDOMESTIC
1 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresRosebud AgencyFLIES
8 August 2009Natural1.0 acresRosebud AgencySECTION 14
6 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRosebud AgencyCHURCH
31 August 2007Other causesunder an acreRosebud AgencyAREA 36

Every fire recorded in Todd County

Storms near this place

56 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okreek in 56 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 1 lightning, 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
June 2004LightningOkreek$500,000no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodOkreek$200,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOkreek$20,000Wind gusts between 62 and 78 mph lasted a half hour. Large branches and small trees were blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOkreek$3,000Strong winds blew shingles off a roof overturned a small structure.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOkreek$500no account filed
June 2025HailOkreek-Spotter reported, estimated hail size.
June 2025HailOkreek-Public reported hail size, estimated.
June 2025HailOkreek-Public reported hail size, estimated.
June 2025HailOkreek-Public reported hail size.
June 2025HailOkreek-Public report.
July 2025HailOkreek-Public submitted report.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindOkreek-The strong winds damaged a large shed. The west side door was blown in and a 60 foot section of a wall was blown out of the 50-foot by 120-foot shed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindOkreek-Wind gusts around 60 mph were reported.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOkreek-Wind gusts were estimated at around 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindOkreek-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindOkreek-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindOkreek-Branches were broken off large trees and a mailbox post was pushed over.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindOkreek-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOkreek-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Tornado (EF0)Okreek-A small tornado briefly touched down. It caused no damage.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindOkreek-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOkreek-Large tree branches broke off of trees.
June 2018HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2018HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
July 2016HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2013HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
June 2012HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
August 2011HailOkreek-no account filed
August 2011HailOkreek-no account filed
June 2011HailOkreek-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
October 2010Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
June 2008HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2008HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2007HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
June 2004HailOkreek-no account filed
June 2004HailOkreek-no account filed
August 2004HailOkreek-no account filed
June 2003HailOkreek-no account filed
May 2003HailOkreek-no account filed
May 2003HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindOkreek-no account filed
July 2000HailOkreek-no account filed
July 2000HailOkreek-no account filed
August 1997HailOkreek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Todd 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
Hidden Timber9.4 miles5
White Horse11.7 miles5
Antelope13.5 miles5
Antelope Development Area13.8 miles5
Mission14.9 miles5
Olsonville20.0 miles5
Littleburg22.2 miles5
Lakeview26.2 miles5

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 OkreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4258546The 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 1256849. 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.