BlockRousseau, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Hughes unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57501. It stands on Medicine Knoll Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rousseau quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1934 USGS Canning quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Canning quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Rousseau quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Rousseau between 1992 and 2016, burning about 2,275 acres in total. 3 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 burning | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 49 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KORKOW LEESMANN |
| 7 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.3 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 27 July 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lower Brule Agency | THOMPSON |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 2,185 acres | Lower Brule Agency | THOMPSON COMPLEX |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | SANDY CREEK |
| 14 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 8 May 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DON PLAYPEN |
| 21 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Lower Brule Agency | TORCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rousseau: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rousseau in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rousseau | - | A caller stated that thunderstorm winds, estimated at about 60 mph, ripped most of the leaves from their trees. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rousseau | - | High winds downed several trees, blew the chimney off of a house, and destroyed a dog kennel. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rousseau | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rousseau | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Rousseau | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rousseau | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Rousseau | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Rousseau | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Rousseau | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261136. 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.