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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.

Tschetter Colony within Hutchinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

8 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined8

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
22 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYankton CountyAUCH
17 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMEHLHAFF
13 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLYNN HEISINGER
21 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGARY WERNING
30 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresHutchinson CountyDON FISCHER
15 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDENNIS GROEN
18 December 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCHESTER ROEN
18 October 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresParkston Volunteer Fire DepartmentDONNA TIEDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hutchinson County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTschetter Colony-A tree branch a little larger than the observers wrist was broken down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2023HailTschetter Colony-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
April 2022HailTschetter Colony-Baseball size hail smashed county deputy sheriff's windshield.
July 2020HailTschetter Colony-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindTschetter Colony-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
August 2013HailTschetter Colony-Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to corn and soybean crops.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindTschetter Colony-no account filed
September 2008HailTschetter Colony-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hutchinson 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
Wolf Creek3.7 miles11
Clayton5.3 miles12
Milltown7.1 miles11
Olivet8.9 miles12
Old Elm Spring Colony10.5 miles11
Menno10.7 miles11
New Elm Springs Colony11.1 miles11
Freeman13.2 miles11

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.