Tuthill, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the East Bennett unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57574. The Survey maps it on the Tuthill quadrangle. It stands 3,002 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1955 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Tuthill quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Martin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Tuthill between 2000 and 2017, burning about 2,259 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | JONES |
| 14 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GOOSE CHASE |
| 9 July 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge | JOE |
| 9 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 31 July 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge | POOL 10 |
| 16 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Vetal Volunteer Fire Department | KNECT |
| 16 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge | BAKLEY |
| 16 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Martin Volunteer Fire Department | KNECHT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
34 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuthill in 34 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 23 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Tuthill | $75,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuthill | $20,000 | Strong winds blew the roof off a barn and destroyed a grain bin. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Tuthill | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuthill | - | Estimated wind gust report from chaser. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuthill | - | Two-inch diameter wind branches were downed by the wind. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Tuthill | - | Hail larger than golf ball size fell for about 45 minutes. Wind gusts to 50 mph also accompanied the storm. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuthill | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuthill | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuthill | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuthill | - | Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuthill | - | Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuthill | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Tuthill | - | Path length and width estimated. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Tuthill | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Tuthill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vetal | 7.4 miles | 6 | |
| Patricia | 9.1 miles | 5 | |
| LaCreek (historical) | 9.2 miles | 5 | |
| Martin | 12.7 miles | 5 | |
| Harrington | 12.7 miles | 6 | |
| Black Eyes | 13.0 miles | 5 | |
| Bad Wound | 17.3 miles | 5 | |
| Blackpipe | 17.4 miles | 5 |
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 Tuthill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7856926 | 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 1261150. 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.



