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.
Population over time
2 figuresOkreek 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 269 | |
| 2020 | 190 | -79 (-29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1955 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mission quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Okreek quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Rosebud Agency | T.O.GARY |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | Rosebud Agency | WOOD ROAD |
| 19 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | HAY YARD |
| 1 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | DOMESTIC |
| 1 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Rosebud Agency | FLIES |
| 8 August 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Rosebud Agency | SECTION 14 |
| 6 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | CHURCH |
| 31 August 2007 | Other causes | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | AREA 36 |
Storms near this place
56 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Lightning | Okreek | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Okreek | $200,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | $20,000 | Wind gusts between 62 and 78 mph lasted a half hour. Large branches and small trees were blown down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | $3,000 | Strong winds blew shingles off a roof overturned a small structure. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Okreek | - | Spotter reported, estimated hail size. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Okreek | - | Public reported hail size, estimated. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Okreek | - | Public reported hail size, estimated. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Okreek | - | Public reported hail size. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Okreek | - | Public report. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Okreek | - | Public submitted report. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | Wind gusts around 60 mph were reported. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | Wind gusts were estimated at around 60 mph. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | Branches were broken off large trees and a mailbox post was pushed over. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Okreek | - | A small tornado briefly touched down. It caused no damage. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | Large tree branches broke off of trees. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Okreek | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Okreek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Timber | 9.4 miles | 5 | |
| White Horse | 11.7 miles | 5 | |
| Antelope | 13.5 miles | 5 | |
| Antelope Development Area | 13.8 miles | 5 | |
| Mission | 14.9 miles | 5 | |
| Olsonville | 20.0 miles | 5 | |
| Littleburg | 22.2 miles | 5 | |
| Lakeview | 26.2 miles | 5 |
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 Okreek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4258546 | 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 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.



