Red Shirt, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Oglala Lakota unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57744. It stands on Red Shirt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Red Shirt quadrangle. It stands 2,694 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Red Shirt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1981 USGS Wall quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Red Shirt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,484 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | SUBURBAN |
| 6 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | RAPP |
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | 2 BULLS |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | BRUCE |
| 26 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | BOOM |
| 23 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | VILLAGE |
| 20 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GARBAGE PIT |
| 2 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | SHERMAN |
Storms near this place
30 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Shirt in 30 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 17 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flood | Red Shirt | $100,000 | Runoff from heavy rain caused overland flooding and flooding along the White River, White Clay Creek, American Horse Creek, and smaller tributaries. Water covered several roads, including American Horse Creek Road southwest of Kyle. The White River crested two feet over flood stage (15 feet) at the Nebraska-South Dakota State Line and just over two feet above flood stage (19 feet) near Oglala. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Red Shirt | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Red Shirt | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Red Shirt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | Winds gusts were estimated at around 60 mph. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | Ten inch diameter tree branches were downed by the wind. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | Quarter to tennis ball sized hail fell in northwestern Shannon County. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Red Shirt | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Shirt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockyford | 24.1 miles | 10 | |
| Sharps Corner | 32.7 miles | 9 | |
| Oglala | 34.1 miles | 8 | |
| Manderson | 37.5 miles | 8 | |
| Evergreen | 37.6 miles | 8 | |
| Slim Butte | 41.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kyle | 41.8 miles | 8 | |
| Porcupine | 42.2 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 Shirt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11171720 | 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 1262279. 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.


