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Roslyn, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Roslyn town. It lies in ZIP code area 57261. The Survey maps it on the Roslyn quadrangle. 181 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,864 feet above sea level.

Roslyn within Day County

On record in Roslyn

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Roslyn fell from 183 to 181 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
2010183
2020181-2 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Roslyn between 1999 and 2013, burning about 44 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning4

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
21 September 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresSisseton AgencyJOHNSON
14 May 2008Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 May 2013Debris and open burning1.3 acresWaubay National Wildlife RefugeWHITE
1 May 1999Debris and open burning30 acresWaubay National Wildlife RefugeOPITZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Day County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roslyn in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 flash flood, 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
May 1994HailRoslyn$500Roof shingles were ripped off of a house.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindRoslyn$500Roof shingles were ripped off of a house.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-The caller stated that winds, estimated at 60 mph, with nickel size hail, caused damage to crops.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-The Fire Department in Roslyn reported numerous trees down in town.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-A trained spotter reported thunderstorm winds damaged the awning on a camper trailer.
August 2025FloodRoslyn-Heavy rain caused water to run over South Dakota Highway 27 one mile south of Pierpont. Water was also reported over 422nd ave, 3 miles east of Pierpont, where a vehicle hydroplaned into the ditch. One of the rural county roads 5 miles southeast of Pierpont was partly washed out. Roadside ditches were full across the better part of northwest and north central Day county, with water overtopping several additional roads. 3.6 inches of rainfall was measured 6 miles east southeast of Pierpont by a resident, while a trained spotter 1 mile south of Roslyn recorded 4.64 inches. A resident 7 miles west of Roslyn would go on to estimate they received 5 inches of total rainfall.
October 2021Tornado (EF0)Roslyn-The fire department reported a brief tornado touchdown.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-The fire department reported trees down in Roslyn due to 60 to 70 mph estimated winds.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Several trees were downed by estimated 70 mph winds.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Estimated sixty mph winds occurred.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Sixty mph winds occurred again with another thunderstorm in Roslyn.
June 2014Flash FloodRoslyn-Very heavy rains of over 4 inches brought water over several roads southwest of Roslyn.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Many trees were downed along with many branches in and around Roslyn. Several cars and homes received damage from the fallen trees and branches. The grain elevator was leaning over some in town. A semi truck was also tipped over.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Sixty mph winds were estimated in Roslyn.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Seventy mph winds were estimated in Roslyn with no damage reported.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Eighty mph winds brought many trees down.
August 2006HailRoslyn-Golfball to baseball size hail broke many windows, damaged siding, roofs, and several vehicles in and near Roslyn.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Large branches were downed by the high winds.
June 2003Flash FloodRoslyn-Heavy rain caused flash flooding on County road 17 in several locations near Roslyn.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Winds gusting to 70 mph downed many large branches in Roslyn. Power was also knocked out for a time in town.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Winds to 70 mph brought down many tree limbs.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-Two grain bins were blown over from the 65 mph winds.
July 2025HailRoslyn-no account filed
June 2024HailRoslyn-no account filed
June 2024HailRoslyn-no account filed
August 2017HailRoslyn-no account filed
May 2015HailRoslyn-no account filed
August 2013HailRoslyn-no account filed
June 2012HailRoslyn-no account filed
August 2009HailRoslyn-no account filed
June 2009HailRoslyn-no account filed
June 2003HailRoslyn-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-no account filed
May 1996HailRoslyn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Day 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
Grenville5.5 miles7
Webster11.4 miles7
Enemy Swim11.5 miles7
Holmquist13.8 miles7
Waubay15.0 miles7
Bristol17.2 miles7
Pierpont18.0 miles7
Butler20.1 miles7

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 RoslynAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2946650The 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 1257490. 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.