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Scenic, South Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Scenic Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57780. The Survey maps it on the Scenic quadrangle.

Scenic within Pennington County

On record in Scenic

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 10 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

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Scenic between 2000 and 2020, burning about 474 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
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
16 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionINDIAN CREEK CA
23 August 2000Natural160 acresNebraska National ForestZIETLOW
24 July 2020Natural10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCONATA FIRE 1
23 July 2012Natural303 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHART TABLE
18 March 2007Debris and open burningunder an acrePine Ridge AgencyMARSHA
14 March 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska National ForestSOUTH SCENIC
14 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska National ForestC 589

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Scenic: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Uranium, Uranium. 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
Hart Table ProspectUraniumProspect
ScenicMolybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite

Every working recorded in Pennington County

Storms near this place

60 of 108 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scenic in 108 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 58 thunderstorm wind, 45 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 2 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
May 1993Thunderstorm WindScenic$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew off portions of a school roof resulting in extensive structural and water damage.
June 2012HailScenic$10,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindScenic-SD mesonet recorded wind gust at this location.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindScenic-SDOT submitted wind gust report.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindScenic-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindScenic-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
May 2023FloodScenic-Minor flooding of agricultural land along the White River occurred.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindScenic-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindScenic-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2020HailScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 50 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
March 2019FloodScenic-The peak gage height at the Cheyenne River at Wasta reached a preliminary height of 13.98 feet.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindScenic-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindScenic-The combination of hail and strong wind gusts damaged some crops.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindScenic-Small branches were downed by the wind.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gust were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindScenic-Wind gusts were estimated at 65 mph.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindScenic-Tree limbs downed and several dead trees snapped apart.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindScenic-Up to 12 inch diameter limbs were snapped off trees.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
June 2024HailScenic-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
May 2023HailScenic-no account filed
May 2023HailScenic-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
June 2022HailScenic-no account filed
June 2021HailScenic-no account filed
July 2021HailScenic-no account filed
May 2020HailScenic-no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
August 2020HailScenic-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
August 2020HailScenic-no account filed
June 2020HailScenic-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
June 2020HailScenic-no account filed
June 2020HailScenic-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindScenic-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pennington 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
Imlay9.3 miles9
Creston11.8 miles8
Owanka16.8 miles9
Conata19.7 miles9
Wasta20.8 miles8
Farmingdale21.4 miles8
Wicksville21.9 miles9
Wall22.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1262368. 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.