Parade, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the South Dewey unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57625. The Survey maps it on the Parade quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 McIntosh quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Parade quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Timber Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Parade between 1992 and 2020, burning about 326 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | DOGPATCH |
| 4 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | ROBERTS |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | K.WEST |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | B.BERNDTS |
| 3 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | BOBSREA |
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | BRIANS |
| 28 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | RANDY |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | NEWBIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parade in 28 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Parade | $10,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding on the Moreau River with the bridge on Route 14 being overtopped. The bridge had to be closed west of Green Grass. A basement was also flooded three miles east of Green Grass along with several roads in the area. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | A wind gust of 70 mph was recorded by the South Dakota State University Mesonet station 1 mile east-southeast of Parade. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | Eighty mph winds downed several cottonwood and ash trees. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | Seventy mph winds downed a large tree and knocked the power out at the residence for three hours. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | Sixty-five mph winds were estimated southeast of Parade. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Parade | - | A supercell thunderstorm produced it's fourth tornado as it moved from Ziebach County in Rapid City's warning area into Dewey county in Aberdeen's warning area. The tornado touched down briefly and blew down part of an old barn and destroyed two old sheds. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Parade | - | A sixth tornado from a supercell thunderstorm touched down briefly to the southeast of Parade. No damage occurred with this tornado. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Parade | - | A tornado touched downed in an open field for several minutes. No damage occurred. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Parade | - | Heavy rain of 4 to 7 inches fell across part of southwest Dewey county from Parade to Ridgeview causing flash flooding. Many roads were flooded with some roads and culverts washed out. Water flowing over U.S. Highway 212 brought traffic to a halt for a few hours. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Parade | - | Large hail broke many car windows in Parade. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Parade | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parade | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Parade | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Parade | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Eagle Butte | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Eagle Butte | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Thatcher | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Green Grass | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ridgeview | 16.7 miles | 7 | |
| Lantry | 17.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bear Creek | 18.3 miles | 7 | |
| Whitehorse | 20.6 miles | 8 |
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 Parade | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23709410 | 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 1261131. 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.



