Pollock, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pollock town. It lies in ZIP code area 57648. It stands on Searl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pollock quadrangle. 224 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,654 feet above sea level.
On record in Pollock
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 1 record
Pollock Depotlisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresPollock fell from 241 to 224 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 | 241 | |
| 2020 | 224 | -17 (-7%) |
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
- 1965 USGS Pollock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mobridge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Pollock between 2006 and 2015, burning about 110 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Natural | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 14 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NO NAME |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pollock: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
52 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pollock in 52 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 27 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Weak storms generated winds strong enough to flatten a 10 by 10 outbuilding and gazebo at a residence 5 miles east of the town of Pollock in Campbell county. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | The COOP observer in Pollock reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust had blown shingled off of their roof. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | The COOP observer in Pollock estimated that 60 mph wind gusts had knocked down the north doors of the Dairy Farmers of America building. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | The COOP observer estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts topped out at 60 mph. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | A tree blew over onto the deck of a house, the time of which was estimated from radar. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | A grain auger was blown over by the wind, and multiple houses had shingles blown off. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | A tree was blown down onto a deck, a grain auger was tipped over, and some shingles blew off of multiple roofs. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Sixty-five mph winds were estimated by the Emergency Manager. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Pollock | - | Many roads were flooded in Campbell county with many sustaining damage. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Some tree limbs were downed by estimated sixty mph winds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Seventy mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Sixty mph winds brought some tree branches down along with downing some small trees. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | The public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Sixty mph wind gusts were reported by the fire department. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Pollock | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of several roads. The roads did receive some damage. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Sixty-five mph winds were estimated in Pollock. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Seventy mph winds downed a couple trees and many large tree branches southwest of Pollock. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Several trees along with some street signs were blown down in Pollock. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | High winds brought down tree branches and also knocked the power out for several hours in Pollock. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | Very strong winds blew down many tree branches and also bent some signs over. |
| September 2000 | Wildfire | Pollock | - | Extremely dry and windy conditions contributed to a fire at the Pollock rubble site. The fire spread to the nearby prairie and consumed many acres. The fire came within yards of a new home under construction. The fire was finally contained late in the evening. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Pollock | - | Lightning struck the chimney on a bait shop shattering it down to the roof level. Parts of the cement block chimney were laying on both sides of the building. The lightning also knocked out the freezer and the aerator in the minnow tank, killing all of the minnows. The business next to the bait shop lost their stereo system and two video poker machines from the lightning strike. All businesses on the south side of main street were without telephone service. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pollock | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Pollock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herreid | 12.5 miles | 7 | |
| Mound City | 16.8 miles | 7 | |
| Artas | 25.6 miles | 7 |
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 Pollock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2350529 | 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 1265684. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.



