Oldham, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oldham City. It lies in ZIP code area 57051. The Survey maps it on the Oldham quadrangle. 121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,722 feet above sea level.
On record in Oldham
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 2 records
- Oldham Methodist Churchlisted 1987
- Peterson-Loriks Houselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresOldham fell from 133 to 121 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 | 133 | |
| 2020 | 121 | -12 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Oldham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS De Smet quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Oldham between 1997 and 1998, burning about 48 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | CRANDALL |
| 21 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | ERIKSRUD |
| 12 December 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Colman Volunteer Fire Department | MILE MARKER |
Storms near this place
30 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oldham in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 15 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Hail | Oldham | $500,000 | Large hail broke numerous windows in buildings and vehicles in Oldham and rural areas nearby, and caused other damage to vehicles. The hail also caused or along with severe winds contributed to widespread crop damage in the area, with some crops totally destroyed. The amount of crop damage, as well as the part of the crop damage due to hail, could not be determined. However, thousands of acres were believed to be affected. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | $200,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage. The winds also blew down power lines and poles, including many in the town of Oldham. The winds, along with large hail, contributed to widespread crop damage, with some corn and soybean crops totally destroyed. The amount of crop damage, as well as the part due to the winds, could not be determined. However, thousands of acres were believed to be affected. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down six to eight inch diameter tree limbs. Some of the limbs fell on garages and trucks, and knocked down at least one television antenna. A power outage was also caused by debris falling on power lines. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 66 mph was measured by a personal weather station 5 miles north of Oldham. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Oldham | - | Rainfall totaled 3.60 inches, and fell in just over a two-hour period. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | - | Plenty of dust reducing visibility. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | - | Blowing dust reducing visibility. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | - | A few branches were downed. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi truck, and cause tree damage, including several trees blown down. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oldham | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of crop damage. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including small branches blown down. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Oldham | - | Several roads and area fields were flooded after heavy rain. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Oldham | - | Large hail caused crop damage. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Oldham | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Oldham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Colony | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Preston | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hetland | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Arlington | 13.2 miles | 10 | |
| De Smet | 16.9 miles | 11 | |
| Badger | 18.6 miles | 9 | |
| Erwin | 19.4 miles | 9 | |
| Manchester | 24.0 miles | 11 |
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 Oldham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3240514 | 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 1256876. 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.



