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.
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
- Stark Round Barnlisted 2001
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 Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Unityville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Salem quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | PEARSON |
| 24 July 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KURT HANSEN |
| 7 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 320 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HOFER II |
| 18 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ROD BLINDERT |
| 1 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 1 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HANSEN |
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flood | Unityville | $100,000 | Persistent 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unityville | $1,000 | Several large trees were broken off or uprooted. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unityville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Unityville | - | A large tree limb was also blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unityville | - | A thunderstorm wind gust to 78 mph was measured at mesonet site FW2665 5 miles south of Canova. |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | Unityville | - | Rainfall from a thunderstorm was measured at 2.03 inches in two hours. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Unityville | - | Hail was mostly quarter size and smaller, but with a few stones up to tennis ball size. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unityville | - | Thunderstorm winds caused considerable tree damage. The amount of damage was not determined. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Unityville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | 6.3 miles | 6 | |
| Golden View Colony | 7.6 miles | 6 | |
| Spencer | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Orland Colony | 13.4 miles | 6 | |
| Montrose | 15.9 miles | 6 | |
| Canistota | 16.5 miles | 6 | |
| Bridgewater | 17.5 miles | 11 | |
| Stanley Corner | 18.1 miles | 6 |
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 Unityville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7893839 | 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 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.



