Sansarc, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Stanley unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57537. The Survey maps it on the Sansarc quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Sansarc quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Sansarc between 2000 and 2020, burning about 25,230 acres in total. 1 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 use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 25,000 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAYES |
| 16 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NORMAN HAY TRAILER |
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STOESER BALER FIRE |
| 8 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MARC SCARBOROUGH |
| 8 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MEIRER STUBBLE |
| 11 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ZAY NORMAN |
| 13 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MORK NORMAN TRACTOR |
| 22 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SWANSON FIRE |
Storms near this place
23 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sansarc in 23 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 17 hail, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sansarc | - | Hail along with estimated sixty mph winds damaged the siding of the house. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Sansarc | - | Baseball size hail broke six windows on the north and west sides of the home. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sansarc | - | Estimated eighty mph winds took the roof off an outbuilding along with blowing the door in on another outbuilding. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sansarc | - | Sixty mph winds downed many large tree branches along with one tree. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sansarc | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sansarc | - | Several windows were broken by the large hail. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Sansarc | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sansarc | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes | 9.4 miles | 6 | |
| Orton | 17.4 miles | 6 | |
| Lacy | 17.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mission Ridge | 18.0 miles | 6 | |
| Bunker (historical) | 18.8 miles | 6 | |
| Pheba (historical) | 20.7 miles | 6 | |
| Wendte | 26.7 miles | 8 | |
| Teton | 31.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1257807. 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.



