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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Edgemont quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Provo quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1996Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.4 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PLAINS VALLEY SOUTH |
| 18 September 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Edgemont Volunteer Fire Department | BHPL |
| 18 September 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Edgemont Volunteer Fire Department | PLUM CREEK |
| 18 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Edgemont Volunteer Fire Department | HUDSON HILL |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy No. 1 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson-Starlite | Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
40 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Provo | $500,000 | A 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 2015 | Flood | Provo | $65,000 | Widespread 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 2019 | Flood | Provo | $50,000 | Runoff 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | $30,000 | Combination of large hail and wind damaged siding and broke windows of building. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Provo | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Flood | Provo | $10,000 | Widespread 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | $10,000 | A lambing shed was blown apart and tree branches and power lines were broken by strong wind gusts. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Provo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | $500 | Some shingles were blown off a house roof. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | - | A roof was blown off a barn. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Provo | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Provo | - | Roads along Hat Creek, Long Branch Creek, and Short Branch Creek were flooded. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Provo | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Provo | - | Small tornado was on the ground for about 1 minute. No damage. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Flood | Provo | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Provo | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Provo | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Provo | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Provo | - | 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.
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 Provo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23709417 | 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 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.




