Trail City, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Dewey unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57657. The Survey maps it on the Trail City quadrangle.
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 McIntosh quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Trail City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS La Plant quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Trail City between 1993 and 2017, burning about 66 acres in total. 2 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | TRAILCTYVF |
| 30 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | KELLER |
| 28 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | TRLCTYCHRC |
| 25 August 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | LANDREAU |
| 2 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | BOWL |
| 17 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | not named |
| 2 July 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | COTTOMNWOO |
| 14 July 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | MOBRIDGE |
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trail City in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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 2019 | Hail | Trail City | - | A severe thunderstorm with large hail and destructive winds left southeast Corson and continued southeast across eastern Dewey county destroying crop and grassland in its path. The storm then entered western Potter county. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Trail City | - | Two to three inches of heavy rain caused flash flooding of several parts of a road east of Trail City. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Trail City | - | Large hail and strong winds damaged some corn and beans. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trail City | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Trail City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glencross | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Promise | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Yellowhorse Ford | 13.8 miles | 8 | |
| Whitehorse | 16.3 miles | 8 | |
| Virginia | 17.9 miles | 9 | |
| Timber Lake | 18.7 miles | 8 | |
| Moreau | 19.1 miles | 7 | |
| La Plant | 23.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1258590. 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.
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.



