BlockSpink Colony, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57440. The Survey maps it on the Spink Colony quadrangle.
On record in Spink Colony
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Old Spink Colonylisted 1982 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1895 USGS Byron quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Spink Colony quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Redfield quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spink Colony in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 8 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Hail | Spink Colony | - | Large hail broke many windows in their house as hail lasted nearly thirty minutes with 2 to 3 inches of hail accumulating on the ground. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spink Colony | - | Seventy mph winds damaged a building, windows, along with several trees. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Spink Colony | - | Large hail destroyed a sunflower field in southeast Spink County. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spink Colony | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spink Colony | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Spink Colony | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Spink Colony | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Spink Colony | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Spink Colony | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Spink Colony | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Spink Colony | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Colony | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Frankfort | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Crandon | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| LaDelle | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Tulare | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bloomfield | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hillside Colony | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| Spottswood | 13.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1258234. 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.
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.