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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.

Storla within Aurora County

Population over time

2 figures

Storla 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.

YearPeople Change
20106
202060 (0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

29 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined13
Natural8
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 September 2005Other causes60 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
1 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
3 August 2004Natural1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSCHEFNER
25 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionROCK SPARK 1
21 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTANGE FIRE
17 July 2006Natural100 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Every fire recorded in Aurora 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alten PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Aurora County

Storms near this place

26 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015Thunderstorm WindStorla$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down up to 4 inch diameter trees and branches, and also blew down power lines.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindStorla$5,000Thunderstorm winds rolled over a trailer home and caused tree damage.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStorla$1,000Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole.
July 2023HailStorla-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindStorla-Tree limb damage was noted by the Aurora County Emergency Manager.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindStorla-County Emergency Manager estimated wind gusts as high as 80 to 90 mph.
August 2021HailStorla-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2016HailStorla-Large hail covered the ground.
August 2015HailStorla-Hail from smooth quarter size to jagged ping pong ball size was observed.
June 2015Flash FloodStorla-Heavy rainfall of up to 7 inches caused flash flooding of numerous roads, ditches, and farmland.
August 2015Tornado (EF0)Storla-A brief tornado, a landspout, caused no reported damage.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindStorla-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
March 2009HailStorla-Large hail partially covered the ground.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindStorla-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including five inch diameter limbs blown down.
July 2023HailStorla-no account filed
July 2023HailStorla-no account filed
August 2021HailStorla-no account filed
July 2019HailStorla-no account filed
April 2015HailStorla-no account filed
September 2012HailStorla-no account filed
September 2012HailStorla-no account filed
August 2010Heavy RainStorla-no account filed
June 2009HailStorla-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindStorla-no account filed
August 2002HailStorla-no account filed
May 1998HailStorla-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Aurora 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
Plankinton12.4 miles11
Stickney19.5 miles11
White Lake21.3 miles8
Aurora Center26.4 miles8

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 StorlaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2792458The 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.