Ravinia, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Ravinia town. It lies in ZIP code area 57356. The Survey maps it on the Ravinia quadrangle. 71 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,499 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRavinia grew from 61 to 71 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 | 61 | |
| 2020 | 71 | +10 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Ravinia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Andes quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
73 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Ravinia between 1999 and 2020, burning about 437 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BRUNSING |
| 6 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Yankton Agency | A0805022 |
| 4 September 2005 | Fireworks | 1.1 acres | Yankton Agency | A0805021 |
| 21 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Ravinia Volunteer Fire Department | BILL SPECHT |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DOOM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ravinia: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner Ravinia Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ravinia in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 20 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravinia | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a house, and blew down trees. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravinia | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a 100 foot machine shed, and also blew down several trees. |
| August 2019 | Flood | Ravinia | $5,000 | Several inches of water ponding over South Dakota Highway 50 east of Ravinia. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Ravinia | $2,000 | The eastbound lane of South Dakota Highway 46 was inundated by 6 to 8 inches of flowing water. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravinia | $2,000 | Several limbs from 4 to 5 inches in diameter were removed from trees. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Ravinia | - | Crop damages are insured losses. Information is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Ravinia | - | The road was half-covered by hail, mostly small, but some up to an inch in diameter. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ravinia | - | Large hail damaged a few vehicles. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Ravinia | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roads, ditches, fields, and other low areas. Some basement flooding was also reported. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravinia | - | Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to several homes and other structures. The winds also caused tree and power line damage, with 8 inch diameter limbs broken off, and a power outage. The amount of damage was not known. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Ravinia | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Ravinia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dezera | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lake View Colony | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Andes | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pickstown | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wagner | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Marty | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Dante | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Greenwood | 14.9 miles | 10 |
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 Ravinia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2021331 | 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 1257292. 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.




