Stone Bridge, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Estelline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57223. The Survey maps it on the Lake Poinsett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Lake Poinsett quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Stone Bridge between 2005 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LAKE POINSETT CAMP GROUND |
| 27 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | REE |
| 19 March 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | BL3S CHURC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stone Bridge: 3 past producers. 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 | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stone Bridge in 23 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $215,000 | Severe tree and structural damage occurred on Lake Poinsett with ninety mph winds. A woman was killed and her husband was seriously injured when their lake house was destroyed. A man was also hospitalized for electric shock. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Stone Bridge | - | A trained spotter reported flooding in the Lake Poinsett area, with water over some roadways. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Stone Bridge | - | The Hamlin County Sheriffs Office reports numerous secondary roads have water over them including 465th Ave. north of Estelline. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | Campers tipped over by estimated 70 mph winds. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | A trained spotter estimated wind speeds of 60 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | One mile of power lines were snapped with winds estimated at 80 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | Damage to building by estimated 80 mph winds. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | Ninety mph winds caused major damage to buildings and barns at the intersection of highways 81 and 28. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flood | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Flood | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Stone Bridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alsville | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dempster | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Norden | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Castlewood | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Estelline | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hayti | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Poinsett Colony | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kones Corner | 9.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1258365. 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.



