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Shadehill, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in De Witt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57638. It stands on East Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Summerville quadrangle.

Shadehill within Perkins County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Shadehill between 1994 and 2017, burning about 144 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreDakota Prairie National GrasslandsROBEL
5 September 2002Natural15 acresDakota Prairie National GrasslandsHUDGINS SPRING
2 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePerkins CountyLUTZ1
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionEAGLE
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGLASS
8 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBOYNTON
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHUGH GLASS
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreDakota Prairie National GrasslandsGRIZZLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shadehill: 1 past producer. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perkins County

Storms near this place

54 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shadehill in 54 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 30 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 1 tornado, 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
May 2013HailShadehill$20,000no account filed
June 2024HailShadehill$5,000Large hail broke a windshield and damaged a truck.
July 2009HailShadehill$2,000Hail caused minor damage to an automobile.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindShadehill$1,000Ten inch diameter trees were uprooted by the wind.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Shadehill$500The manager of Shadehill Reservoir State Recreation Area observed a brief tornado touchdown on the north edge of Shadehill Reservoir.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindShadehill-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindShadehill-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindShadehill-Wind gusts were estimated at near 70 mph.
June 2024HailShadehill-Hail caused damage to vehicle.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindShadehill-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindShadehill-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindShadehill-A lot of pea size hail also fell with the storm. Small tree branches were broken off trees.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindShadehill-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindShadehill-Wind gusts were estimated as high as 80 mph.
June 2014Flash FloodShadehill-Water flowed over roads in the Shadehill Reservoir State Recreation Area Campground and quickly flooded campsites.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindShadehill-Wind gusts around 60 mph were reported at Shadehill Reservoir.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindShadehill-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindShadehill-Wind gusts were estimated at least 70 mph.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
June 2024HailShadehill-no account filed
June 2024HailShadehill-no account filed
June 2024HailShadehill-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
July 2022HailShadehill-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
July 2021HailShadehill-no account filed
July 2020HailShadehill-no account filed
June 2020HailShadehill-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
August 2017HailShadehill-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
July 2016HailShadehill-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
August 2014HailShadehill-no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
July 2011HailShadehill-no account filed
June 2009HailShadehill-no account filed
September 2009HailShadehill-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
June 2005HailShadehill-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindShadehill-no account filed
May 2003HailShadehill-no account filed
July 2003HailShadehill-no account filed
July 2001HailShadehill-no account filed
August 1997HailShadehill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perkins 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
Summerville0.6 miles7
Lemmon12.1 miles6
White Butte15.5 miles7
Meadow16.4 miles6
Bison22.6 miles7
Coal Springs22.7 miles7
Chance25.1 miles7
Lodgepole25.7 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 ShadehillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709425The 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 1261164. 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.