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Rosebud, South Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Todd unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57570. It stands on West Branch Rosebud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosebud quadrangle. 1,455 people lived here at the 2020 count.

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Rosebud within Todd County

On record in Rosebud

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Rosebud fell from 1,587 to 1,455 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,587
20201,455-132 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

1,833 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,833 fires within 5 miles of Rosebud between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,892 acres in total. 122 started naturally. 185 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
Misuse of fire by a minor649
Fireworks310
Missing data/not specified/undetermined234
Arson/incendiarism185
Debris and open burning144
Equipment and vehicle use128
Natural122
Other causes23
Recreation and ceremony18
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Smoking6

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
9 September 2007Other causesunder an acreRosebud AgencyPARADISE
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRosebud AgencyPOTATO HIL
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRosebud AgencyBALE2
9 September 2005Fireworksunder an acreRosebud AgencyEARLY II
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRosebud AgencyTOP
9 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresRosebud AgencyTWO STRIKE
8 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRosebud AgencyWHITE BALE
8 September 1996Other causesunder an acreRosebud AgencyLE ROY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Todd County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rosebud: 3 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
Rosebud Sioux Adm ReserveSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rosebud Sioux Tribal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sharp Fish PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Todd County

Storms near this place

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosebud in 69 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 36 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009HailRosebud$200,000Baseball to softball sized damaged buildings and automobiles in Rosebud.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRosebud$50,000Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph blew down many trees.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindRosebud$35,000no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud$10,000no account filed
June 2011HailRosebud$5,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRosebud$1,000A 40 foot billboard was blown over.
July 2025HailRosebud-Spotter and public submitted hail photos.
July 2025HailRosebud-Spotters and EM confirmed hail report.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRosebud-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Tree damage was caused by the wind and dime sized hail.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRosebud-A heat burst occurred from a decaying storm.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at around 60 mph.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindRosebud-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Winds gusted to 60 mph in Rosebud.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 1998Flash FloodRosebud-HEAVY RAINS UP TO THREE INCHES IN ONE HOUR CAUSED MINOR FLOODING IN THE AREA.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
April 2024HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2023HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
June 2023HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
September 2022Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2020HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
August 2020HailRosebud-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
August 2020HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
August 2019HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
May 2016HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2015HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2015HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2014HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2014HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2012HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
September 2009HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2008HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2008HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2007HailRosebud-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
June 2005HailRosebud-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Todd 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
Two Strike1.8 miles5
Soldier Creek6.5 miles5
Saint Francis6.7 miles5
Lakeview10.5 miles5
Parmelee11.1 miles5
Mission11.5 miles5
Spring Creek12.0 miles5
Antelope Development Area12.6 miles5

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 RosebudAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2019376The 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 1257470. 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.