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Pringle, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Pringle town. It lies in ZIP code area 57773. It lies near Beaver Valley. The Survey maps it on the Pringle quadrangle. 109 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,882 feet above sea level.

Pringle within Custer County

Population over time

2 figures

Pringle fell from 112 to 109 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
2010112
2020109-3 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 18 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Pringle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,498 acres in total. 106 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
Natural106
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2002Natural6.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestHAVEN
5 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPRINGLE #2
4 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestHAVEN
4 September 2008Naturalunder an acreWind Cave National ParkBEAVER CREEK
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPOWER POLE
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPLEASANT VALLEY
23 September 2003Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNIHART
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLIME KILN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 131 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 131 workings within 5 miles of Pringle: 76 past producers, 26 prospects, 19 occurrences, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Beryllium, Mica. 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
Black Hills LimeLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Dakota FeldsparNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, MicaPast Producer
Greene MineFeldspar, Lithium, Beryllium, MicaPast Producer
Lookout MineBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, MicaPast ProducerBeryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Mica
Payday LodeFeldspar, Mica, BerylliumPast ProducerAlbite, Beryl, Mica
Phenacite ProspectBeryllium, Mica, FeldsparOccurrenceBeryl, Feldspar, Mica
Tanner PropertyBeryllium, Tantalum, Feldspar, Mica, LithiumPast ProducerBeryl, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Spodumene
Tanner PropertyBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, MicaPast Producer
White Elephant MineFeldspar, Beryllium, TantalumPast ProducerBeryl, Feldspar
Apex ClaimMica, BerylliumPast ProducerBeryl, Muscovite

Every working recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pringle in 55 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 41 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
August 2013HailPringle$75,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindPringle$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPringle-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPringle-The spotter estimated wind gusts at around 60 mph.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPringle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2021Tornado (EF1)Pringle-A tornado was reported about five miles south of Custer, just west of US Highway 385. The tornado snapped and uprooted many trees along several roads.
July 2018HailPringle-Hail to quarter size covered the ground.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPringle-A deputy sheriff reported wind gusts reached 60 mph.
August 2014HailPringle-Hail to quarter size covered the ground.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPringle-A deputy sheriff estimated winds at 60 mph.
June 2012HailPringle-Check the time on radar.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindPringle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2007HailPringle-Strong winds accompanied the hail.
July 2002Flash FloodPringle-Heavy rain left three to four inches of standing water in the town of Pringle, and water covered roads adjacent to Bear Creek around Pringle. An inch of rain was recorded in ten minutes in Pringle and radar estimates were around 2.5 inches per hour over the area.
July 2023HailPringle-no account filed
April 2022HailPringle-no account filed
July 2021HailPringle-no account filed
July 2019HailPringle-no account filed
April 2018HailPringle-no account filed
August 2016HailPringle-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPringle-no account filed
June 2015HailPringle-no account filed
June 2015HailPringle-no account filed
July 2014HailPringle-no account filed
June 2014HailPringle-no account filed
May 2013HailPringle-no account filed
July 2013HailPringle-no account filed
June 2013HailPringle-no account filed
June 2013HailPringle-no account filed
September 2010HailPringle-no account filed
July 2010HailPringle-no account filed
June 2009Flash FloodPringle-no account filed
July 2009HailPringle-no account filed
July 2008HailPringle-no account filed
August 2008HailPringle-no account filed
May 2007HailPringle-no account filed
June 2007HailPringle-no account filed
August 2007HailPringle-no account filed
August 2007HailPringle-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPringle-no account filed
July 2007HailPringle-no account filed
May 2006HailPringle-no account filed
July 2005HailPringle-no account filed
June 2004HailPringle-no account filed
June 2003HailPringle-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindPringle-no account filed
August 2003HailPringle-no account filed
August 2002HailPringle-no account filed
May 2001HailPringle-no account filed
May 2001HailPringle-no account filed
July 2001HailPringle-no account filed
September 2001LightningPringle-no account filed
June 1999HailPringle-no account filed
August 1996HailPringle-no account filed
June 1994HailPringle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
Nihart3.3 miles16
Cold Spring II (historical)4.8 miles18
Argyle5.8 miles18
Sanator6.1 miles16
Blue Bell9.5 miles18
Fourmile9.6 miles17
Ivanhoe (historical)10.4 miles15
Custer10.9 miles19

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 PringleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3205396The 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 1265329. 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.