Summit, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Summit town. It lies in ZIP code area 57266. The Survey maps it on the Summit quadrangle. 288 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,014 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSummit grew from 288 to 288 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 | 288 | |
| 2020 | 288 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Webster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 2003 and 2017, burning about 160 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TRAIN |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ARTER |
| 26 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Summit: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete Materials Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fiebelcrn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 29 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flood | Summit | - | The South Dakota Department of Transportation reported water over the roadway. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | A peak gust of 77 mph was recorded by the South Dakota Department of Transportation mesonet station one mile north-northwest of Summit. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | This report was recorded at mesonet station 55 a milee west-northwest of Summit. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Several large trees along with many large branches were downed by eighty mph winds. A gazebo was also destroyed. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated west of Summit. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Summit | - | Heavy rains of 2 to 5 inches flooded several county roads mainly in western Roberts county into the evening of May 6th. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Winds to 80 mph caused some damage to a radio tower and destroyed the associated building with the transmitter blown off the concrete. Also, a large farm shed was destroyed north of Summit. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | The high winds blew a sheet of tin off of a building which damaged a car. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ortley | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Rudebusch Corner | 10.6 miles | 7 | |
| Spring Grove | 11.0 miles | 7 | |
| Wilmot | 11.9 miles | 6 | |
| Corona | 14.6 miles | 6 | |
| Peever Flats | 16.1 miles | 12 | |
| Peever | 17.0 miles | 12 | |
| Goodwill | 18.2 miles | 6 |
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 Summit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1553836 | 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 1265700. 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.



