Red Scaffold, South Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the South Ziebach unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57626. It stands on Red Scaffold Creek. The Survey maps it on the Red Scaffold quadrangle.

Red Scaffold within Ziebach County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Red Scaffold quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Red Scaffold between 1992 and 2020, burning about 820 acres in total. 18 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
Natural	18
Debris and open burning	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Fireworks	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Other causes	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
5 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Cheyenne River Agency	DOUG WIDOW
23 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Cheyenne River Agency	HUEY
7 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	Cheyenne River Agency	BIG TIMBER 2
7 August 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Cheyenne River Agency	EASTREDS
6 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	Cheyenne River Agency	BIG TIMBER
5 August 1997	Debris and open burning	3.7 acres	Cheyenne River Agency	FRAZIER
4 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	360 acres	Cheyenne River Agency	RED COAT
27 August 1997	Misuse of fire by a minor	3.6 acres	Cheyenne River Agency	JERRY

Every fire recorded in Ziebach County

Storms near this place

38 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Scaffold in 38 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 21 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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
May 2019	Flood	Red Scaffold	$300,000	Runoff from heavy rain caused overland flooding and flooding along Cherry Creek, Red Scaffold Creek, and Bear Creek. Several roads were inundated, including Bear Creek Road and Cherry Creek Road. Releases from Angostura Dam, combined with runoff from heavy rain, caused major flooding along the Cheyenne River. The Cheyenne River near Plainview reached a preliminary height of 22.87 feet and a peak flow of 61,900 cfs on May 23, which is a new record height and the second highest discharge ever recorded at the location.
June 2014	Flood	Red Scaffold	$200,000	Flooding occurred along Bull Creek and Cherry Creek and its tributaries. Tankini and Red Scaffold Roads were flooded in a few locations. High water in Howes Grazing Lake and Lake Buffalo eroded the shoulder of SD Highway 34/73 between Bridger and Howes. The highway was closed for eight days while temporary repairs were made and both lakes were drained to more manageable levels. The highway was closed again in early August for five weeks so permanent repairs could be made.
June 2005	Hail	Red Scaffold	$20,000	Hail damaged automobile and roof of house.
August 2004	Hail	Red Scaffold	$20,000	Calf shelters were blown away, windows were broken, and roof shingles were blown off.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Red Scaffold	$2,000	Three to five inches of rain fell during the morning across southern Ziebach County. Runoff from the heavy rain caused flash flooding along Ash and Rattlesnake Creeks. Water ran over county roads north of BIA 6 including BIA27/Ash Creek Road, and several stock ponds exceeded capacity.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	Spotter estimated wind gusts near 70 mph.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	Estimated 70 mph wind gust. A mobile home roof was damaged by the strong wind gust.
June 2024	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
July 2005	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed
June 1997	Flash Flood	Red Scaffold	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ziebach 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bridger	15.7 miles	6
Chase	16.6 miles	6
Red Elm	20.1 miles	7
Cherry Creek	21.4 miles	8
Dupree	23.2 miles	7
Iron Lightning	28.5 miles	7
Allison Crossing	30.1 miles	7
Thunder Butte	32.1 miles	8

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 Red Scaffold	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709421	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 1257320. 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.

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.