Olsonville, 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 69201. The Survey maps it on the Olsonville quadrangle.
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 Olsonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Olsonville between 1992 and 2016, burning about 698 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Rosebud Agency | DOG HAY |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | PILE |
| 21 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Rosebud Agency | RANGE |
| 20 September 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | SPONTANEOUS |
| 16 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | DON |
| 27 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | PALMER |
| 22 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 218 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 22 August 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | SCHMITCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olsonville in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2006: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsonville | $10,000 | Spotters reported power lines blown down and several cars were damaged by fallen tree branches. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsonville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Olsonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Olsonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Olsonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Olsonville | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsonville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsonville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Olsonville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Olsonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 7.6 miles | 5 | |
| Littleburg | 10.1 miles | 5 | |
| Antelope Development Area | 12.1 miles | 5 | |
| Antelope | 12.1 miles | 5 | |
| Hidden Timber | 12.2 miles | 5 | |
| White Horse | 12.5 miles | 5 | |
| Mission | 12.6 miles | 5 | |
| Rosebud | 14.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122539248 | 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 1256891. 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.



