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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.

Parade within Dewey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

99 since 1992

Regional 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 use37
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresCheyenne River AgencyDOGPATCH
4 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyROBERTS
30 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyK.WEST
30 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyB.BERNDTS
3 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyBOBSREA
3 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCheyenne River AgencyBRIANS
28 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresCheyenne River AgencyRANDY
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresCheyenne River AgencyNEWBIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dewey County

Storms near this place

28 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Flash FloodParade$10,000Heavy 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 2025Thunderstorm WindParade-A wind gust of 70 mph was recorded by the South Dakota State University Mesonet station 1 mile east-southeast of Parade.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindParade-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindParade-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindParade-Eighty mph winds downed several cottonwood and ash trees.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindParade-Seventy mph winds downed a large tree and knocked the power out at the residence for three hours.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindParade-Sixty-five mph winds were estimated southeast of Parade.
May 2008Tornado (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 2008Tornado (EF0)Parade-A sixth tornado from a supercell thunderstorm touched down briefly to the southeast of Parade. No damage occurred with this tornado.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Parade-A tornado touched downed in an open field for several minutes. No damage occurred.
May 2003Flash FloodParade-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 2001HailParade-Large hail broke many car windows in Parade.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindParade-no account filed
June 2021Funnel CloudParade-no account filed
August 2020HailParade-no account filed
July 2015HailParade-no account filed
July 2015HailParade-no account filed
July 2011HailParade-no account filed
July 2010HailParade-no account filed
June 2009HailParade-no account filed
June 2009HailParade-no account filed
May 2008HailParade-no account filed
May 2007HailParade-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindParade-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindParade-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindParade-no account filed
July 2005HailParade-no account filed
July 1998HailParade-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dewey 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
North Eagle Butte7.0 miles7
Eagle Butte7.0 miles7
Thatcher9.4 miles7
Green Grass12.6 miles8
Ridgeview16.7 miles7
Lantry17.3 miles7
Bear Creek18.3 miles7
Whitehorse20.6 miles8

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 ParadeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709410The 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.