Tschetter Colony, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wittenberg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57052. The Survey maps it on the Tschetter Colony quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1898 USGS Olivet quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tschetter Colony quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Tschetter Colony between 2000 and 2015, burning about 141 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 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yankton County | AUCH |
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MEHLHAFF |
| 13 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LYNN HEISINGER |
| 21 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GARY WERNING |
| 30 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Hutchinson County | DON FISCHER |
| 15 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DENNIS GROEN |
| 18 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CHESTER ROEN |
| 18 October 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Parkston Volunteer Fire Department | DONNA TIEDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tschetter Colony in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tschetter Colony | - | A tree branch a little larger than the observers wrist was broken down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Tschetter Colony | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Tschetter Colony | - | Baseball size hail smashed county deputy sheriff's windshield. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tschetter Colony | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tschetter Colony | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Tschetter Colony | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to corn and soybean crops. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tschetter Colony | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Tschetter Colony | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Creek | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Clayton | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Milltown | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Olivet | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Old Elm Spring Colony | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Menno | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| New Elm Springs Colony | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Freeman | 13.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1258637. 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.




