Ridgeview, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Dewey unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57625. The Survey maps it on the Ridgeview quadrangle. It stands 2,362 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Ridgeview quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS La Plant quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Ridgeview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 478 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 1 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 use | 25 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | RIDGEVIEW |
| 24 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | HOT BEARING |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | MROUSSEAU |
| 1 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | ERIDGEVIEW |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | CLNT SIMON |
| 8 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.8 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | HEITT |
| 6 August 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | BALE BANDIT |
| 6 August 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | OVERKILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgeview in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeview | - | The South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station a mile northeast of Ridgeview recorded a wind gust of 63 mph. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | The large hail broke vehicle and house windows. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeview | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeview | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | Golf ball sized hail broke the windshield on a truck. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Ridgeview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thatcher | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| La Plant | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Yellowhorse Ford | 13.5 miles | 8 | |
| Whitehorse | 13.6 miles | 8 | |
| Virginia | 16.4 miles | 9 | |
| Parade | 16.7 miles | 7 | |
| Promise | 20.0 miles | 8 | |
| Marksville | 22.4 miles | 7 |
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 Ridgeview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7332793 | 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 1261134. 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.



