Storla, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Belford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57359. The Survey maps it on the Storla quadrangle. 6 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,365 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStorla grew from 6 to 6 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1899 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Storla quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
29 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Storla between 2000 and 2018, burning about 696 acres in total. 8 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 | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Other causes | 60 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 1 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 August 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 10 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SCHEFNER |
| 25 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ROCK SPARK 1 |
| 21 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STANGE FIRE |
| 17 July 2006 | Natural | 100 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Storla: 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alten Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
26 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Storla in 26 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Storla | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down up to 4 inch diameter trees and branches, and also blew down power lines. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Storla | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds rolled over a trailer home and caused tree damage. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Storla | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Storla | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Storla | - | Tree limb damage was noted by the Aurora County Emergency Manager. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Storla | - | County Emergency Manager estimated wind gusts as high as 80 to 90 mph. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Storla | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Storla | - | Large hail covered the ground. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Storla | - | Hail from smooth quarter size to jagged ping pong ball size was observed. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Storla | - | Heavy rainfall of up to 7 inches caused flash flooding of numerous roads, ditches, and farmland. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Storla | - | A brief tornado, a landspout, caused no reported damage. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Storla | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Storla | - | Large hail partially covered the ground. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Storla | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including five inch diameter limbs blown down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Storla | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Storla | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Storla | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Storla | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Storla | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Storla | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Storla | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Storla | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Storla | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Storla | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Storla | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Storla | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plankinton | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Stickney | 19.5 miles | 11 | |
| White Lake | 21.3 miles | 8 | |
| Aurora Center | 26.4 miles | 8 |
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 Storla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2792458 | The 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 1258382. 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.





