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Redig, South Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the South Harding unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57720. It stands on South Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redig quadrangle. It stands 3,041 feet above sea level.

Redig within Harding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Fires near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Redig between 1998 and 2020, burning about 322 acres in total. 5 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5

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
6 August 2007Natural1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
25 August 2002Natural10 acresHayward Volunteer Fire DepartmentDAVE JUNCK
1 August 2007Natural3.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
1 August 2007Natural25 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
26 July 2006Natural100 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
26 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhilip Volunteer Fire DepartmentED FITCH
17 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCOUNTY LINE FIRE
17 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBURKE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harding 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 Redig: 2 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harding County

Storms near this place

60 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redig in 84 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 43 thunderstorm wind, 40 hail, 1 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 2011Tornado (EF0)Redig$20,000A small tornado destroyed part of a barn, rolled large steel calf shelters, blew down steel stockade walls, and lifted a calf shelter over a nine foot fence.
July 2003HailRedig$10,000Large hail damaged the roof of a house.
August 2014HailRedig$5,000no account filed
September 2010HailRedig$5,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRedig$3,000A workshop collapsed during a thunderstorm.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRedig$2,000Wind tore part of the roof off a trailer house.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindRedig$2,000The combination of hail and wind caused minor damage.
May 1998HailRedig$2,000Hail broke several windows.
July 2025HailRedig-Public report of mixed sized hailstones.
August 2025HailRedig-Public submitted hail report.
August 2025HailRedig-Public submitted report.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRedig-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts to over 80 mph destroyed two outbuildings. Lots of tree and stockade damage.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRedig-Roofs were blown off a storage shed and a trailer.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts estimated at 80 to 90 mph broke 8 to 10 inch diameter tree branches. A stockade was blown down and hay bales were displaced.
August 2020HailRedig-Gusts to 50 mph were reported.
June 2019HailRedig-Wind gusts to 50 mph also accompanied the storm.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRedig-A parked semi-trailer was tipped over and an awning was broken off a camper.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRedig-Pea sized hail also fell with the storm.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRedig-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRedig-Branches eight inches in diameter were broken off a tree.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRedig-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRedig-Road construction signs and traffic cones were blown into a field.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRedig-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRedig-Large tree branches were broken.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindRedig-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph with a passing thunderstorm.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
July 2019HailRedig-no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
June 2018HailRedig-no account filed
June 2018HailRedig-no account filed
June 2018HailRedig-no account filed
August 2016HailRedig-no account filed
July 2014HailRedig-no account filed
June 2013HailRedig-no account filed
June 2011HailRedig-no account filed
July 2010HailRedig-no account filed
June 2008HailRedig-no account filed
June 2008HailRedig-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRedig-no account filed
July 2007HailRedig-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harding 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
Harding17.4 miles7
Buffalo21.6 miles6
Gustave22.6 miles6
Camp Crook29.7 miles8
Reva31.0 miles8
Ladner39.5 miles6
Ludlow39.9 miles8
Ralph43.2 miles6

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 RedigAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7305941The 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 1261060. 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.