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Provo, South Dakota

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Provo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57735. It stands on Softwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Provo quadrangle. 10 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Provo within Fall River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Provo between 1996 and 2020, burning about 3,741 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
20 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenance1.4 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPLAINS VALLEY SOUTH
18 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresEdgemont Volunteer Fire DepartmentBHPL
18 September 1999Natural4.0 acresEdgemont Volunteer Fire DepartmentPLUM CREEK
18 September 1999Natural2.0 acresEdgemont Volunteer Fire DepartmentHUDSON HILL
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
6 August 2009Natural1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 August 2009Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fall River 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 Provo: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
Amy No. 1UraniumPast Producer
Johnson-StarliteUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fall River County

Storms near this place

40 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Provo in 40 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 23 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 4 tornado. 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 2012Tornado (EF2)Provo$500,000A tornado touched down just west of the Edgemont Road. It moved eastward and caused damage at a ranch just east of Highway 71 north of Ardmore. A large wooden barn was completely destroyed; its walls and roof were blown more than 100 yards away. Two large sheds lost roofs and walls and smaller sheds were blown apart. The modular house sustained minor damage.
June 2015FloodProvo$65,000Widespread flooding was reported along Hat Creek from the South Dakota-Nebraska border to Angostura Reservoir, with the river gauge on Highway 71 measuring a record flow. Several other streams in Fall River County flooded. Indian Creek west of Ardmore was a quarter mile wide with water over the approach on the County Road 5 bridge. Washouts were reported on Hay Canyon Road, North Butte Road, Edgemont Road, and Maitland Road. Horsehead Creek was 200 yards wide north of Oelrichs and covered the northbound lane of US Highway 385 with a foot of water for several hours. Due to the high inflows into Angostura Reservoir, the Bureau of Reclamation increased releases to 18,000 cubic feet per second.
July 2019FloodProvo$50,000Runoff from heavy rainfall caused flooding along Hat Creek and its smaller tributaries, Duck Creek, and Plains Creek. The flooding compromised a culvert on Highway 71 about 4 miles north of Ardmore and a county road bridge just east of Ardmore was washed away.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindProvo$30,000Combination of large hail and wind damaged siding and broke windows of building.
June 2012HailProvo$30,000no account filed
May 2018FloodProvo$10,000Widespread flooding occurred across Fall River County. Flooded roads included Edgemont Road northwest of Ardmore, Hard Scrabble Road, Black Banks Road, and Horsehead Road. Numerous small creeks and streams were out of their banks; including Beef Creek, Beaver Creek, Black Banks Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Hat Creek, Plum Creek, Duck Creek, Alkali Creek, Little Cottonwood Creek, and tributaries into Hat Creek, Horsehead Creek, and the Cheyenne River upstream of Angostura Reservoir. Inflows into Angostura Reservoir went from around 250 cubic feet per second (cfs) to over 4500 cfs in just a couple of days. The high inflows raised the water elevation in the reservoir, so releases were increased to around 4000 cfs for a few days.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindProvo$10,000A lambing shed was blown apart and tree branches and power lines were broken by strong wind gusts.
June 2013HailProvo$5,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindProvo$500Some shingles were blown off a house roof.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindProvo-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindProvo-A roof was blown off a barn.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindProvo-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2018HailProvo-Hail covered the ground.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindProvo-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindProvo-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2011FloodProvo-Roads along Hat Creek, Long Branch Creek, and Short Branch Creek were flooded.
June 2010HailProvo-Hail covered the ground.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Provo-Small tornado was on the ground for about 1 minute. No damage.
June 2024HailProvo-no account filed
June 2024HailProvo-no account filed
July 2023HailProvo-no account filed
June 2022HailProvo-no account filed
July 2021HailProvo-no account filed
July 2020HailProvo-no account filed
May 2019HailProvo-no account filed
June 2018HailProvo-no account filed
June 2014HailProvo-no account filed
August 2011HailProvo-no account filed
May 2010HailProvo-no account filed
June 2010HailProvo-no account filed
July 2010HailProvo-no account filed
July 2009HailProvo-no account filed
July 2009FloodProvo-no account filed
June 2008HailProvo-no account filed
July 2008HailProvo-no account filed
July 2008HailProvo-no account filed
May 2001HailProvo-no account filed
June 2001Tornado (F0)Provo-no account filed
June 2001Tornado (F0)Provo-no account filed
June 2001HailProvo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fall River 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
Igloo1.9 miles13
Dennis5.3 miles16
Edgemont7.6 miles16
Rumford8.1 miles15
Dudley8.3 miles16
Rocky Ford13.7 miles15
Marietta14.7 miles14
Ardmore14.8 miles13

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 ProvoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709417The 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 1262247. 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.