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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.

Pollock within Campbell County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Pollock 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.

YearPeople Change
2010241
2020224-17 (-7%)

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

4 since 2006

Regional 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 August 2006Natural20 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
3 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 August 2007Natural25 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
14 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionNO NAME

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

52 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPollock-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 2024Thunderstorm WindPollock-The COOP observer in Pollock reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust had blown shingled off of their roof.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPollock-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 2024Thunderstorm WindPollock-The COOP observer estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts topped out at 60 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPollock-A tree blew over onto the deck of a house, the time of which was estimated from radar.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPollock-A grain auger was blown over by the wind, and multiple houses had shingles blown off.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPollock-A tree was blown down onto a deck, a grain auger was tipped over, and some shingles blew off of multiple roofs.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPollock-Sixty-five mph winds were estimated by the Emergency Manager.
March 2019FloodPollock-Many roads were flooded in Campbell county with many sustaining damage.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPollock-Some tree limbs were downed by estimated sixty mph winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPollock-Seventy mph winds were estimated.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPollock-Sixty mph winds brought some tree branches down along with downing some small trees.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPollock-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindPollock-The public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindPollock-Sixty mph wind gusts were reported by the fire department.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPollock-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 2012Flash FloodPollock-Heavy rain caused flash flooding of several roads. The roads did receive some damage.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPollock-Sixty-five mph winds were estimated in Pollock.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPollock-Seventy mph winds downed a couple trees and many large tree branches southwest of Pollock.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPollock-Several trees along with some street signs were blown down in Pollock.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindPollock-High winds brought down tree branches and also knocked the power out for several hours in Pollock.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindPollock-Very strong winds blew down many tree branches and also bent some signs over.
September 2000WildfirePollock-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 1999LightningPollock-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 2024HailPollock-no account filed
August 2024HailPollock-no account filed
August 2024HailPollock-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPollock-no account filed
June 2016HailPollock-no account filed
August 2016HailPollock-no account filed
June 2013HailPollock-no account filed
July 2011HailPollock-no account filed
July 2011HailPollock-no account filed
August 2010HailPollock-no account filed
March 2009HailPollock-no account filed
August 2008HailPollock-no account filed
August 2008HailPollock-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPollock-no account filed
June 2005HailPollock-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPollock-no account filed
April 2004HailPollock-no account filed
July 2003HailPollock-no account filed
June 2003HailPollock-no account filed
August 2002HailPollock-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPollock-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindPollock-no account filed
June 2001HailPollock-no account filed
July 2001HailPollock-no account filed
June 1999HailPollock-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindPollock-no account filed
October 1997Thunderstorm WindPollock-no account filed
August 1996Tornado (F0)Pollock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Campbell 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
Herreid12.5 miles7
Mound City16.8 miles7
Artas25.6 miles7

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 PollockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2350529The 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.