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Unityville, South Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sun Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57058. The Survey maps it on the Unityville quadrangle. It stands 1,529 feet above sea level.

Unityville within McCook County

On record in Unityville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

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

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Unityville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 378 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
26 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMadison Wetland Management DistrictPEARSON
24 July 2012Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionKURT HANSEN
7 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined320 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHOFER II
18 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
3 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionROD BLINDERT
1 April 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
1 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
6 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use30 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHANSEN

Every fire recorded in McCook County

Storms near this place

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unityville in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2014FloodUnityville$100,000Persistent moderate to heavy rain caused flooding of fields and other lowlands, including several roads, homes, and businesses. This flooding lasted for almost two days, and was aggravated locally by additional storms during that time. Some roads were damaged or washed out.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindUnityville$1,000Several large trees were broken off or uprooted. Property damage costs are rough estimates.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindUnityville-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station.
August 2025HailUnityville-A large tree limb was also blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindUnityville-A thunderstorm wind gust to 78 mph was measured at mesonet site FW2665 5 miles south of Canova.
April 2015Heavy RainUnityville-Rainfall from a thunderstorm was measured at 2.03 inches in two hours.
July 2010HailUnityville-Hail was mostly quarter size and smaller, but with a few stones up to tennis ball size.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindUnityville-Thunderstorm winds caused considerable tree damage. The amount of damage was not determined.
July 2023HailUnityville-no account filed
July 2023HailUnityville-no account filed
June 2018HailUnityville-no account filed
June 2016HailUnityville-no account filed
September 2012HailUnityville-no account filed
June 1999HailUnityville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCook 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
Salem6.3 miles6
Golden View Colony7.6 miles6
Spencer9.0 miles11
Orland Colony13.4 miles6
Montrose15.9 miles6
Canistota16.5 miles6
Bridgewater17.5 miles11
Stanley Corner18.1 miles6

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 UnityvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7893839The 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 1258713. 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.