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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.

Tuthill within Bennett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

15 since 2000

Regional 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 August 2017Debris and open burning2.3 acresPine Ridge AgencyJONES
14 August 2017Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGOOSE CHASE
9 July 2006Natural1.0 acresLacreek National Wildlife RefugeJOE
9 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
31 July 2005Natural1.0 acresLacreek National Wildlife RefugePOOL 10
16 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use150 acresVetal Volunteer Fire DepartmentKNECT
16 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use200 acresLacreek National Wildlife RefugeBAKLEY
16 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use80 acresMartin Volunteer Fire DepartmentKNECHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bennett County

Storms near this place

34 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003Tornado (F2)Tuthill$75,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTuthill$20,000Strong winds blew the roof off a barn and destroyed a grain bin.
August 2013HailTuthill$15,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindTuthill-Estimated wind gust report from chaser.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTuthill-Two-inch diameter wind branches were downed by the wind.
July 2021HailTuthill-Hail larger than golf ball size fell for about 45 minutes. Wind gusts to 50 mph also accompanied the storm.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTuthill-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTuthill-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindTuthill-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindTuthill-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTuthill-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTuthill-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Tuthill-Path length and width estimated.
July 2024HailTuthill-no account filed
July 2023HailTuthill-no account filed
September 2022HailTuthill-no account filed
July 2020HailTuthill-no account filed
July 2019HailTuthill-no account filed
September 2019HailTuthill-no account filed
September 2019HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2018HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2017HailTuthill-no account filed
August 2014HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2011HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2010HailTuthill-no account filed
July 2010HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2009HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2007HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2006HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2006HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2003HailTuthill-no account filed
July 2003HailTuthill-no account filed
June 2002HailTuthill-no account filed
May 2000HailTuthill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bennett 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
Vetal7.4 miles6
Patricia9.1 miles5
LaCreek (historical)9.2 miles5
Martin12.7 miles5
Harrington12.7 miles6
Black Eyes13.0 miles5
Bad Wound17.3 miles5
Blackpipe17.4 miles5

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 TuthillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7856926The 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.