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Veblen, South Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Veblen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57270. The Survey maps it on the Veblen quadrangle. 317 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.

Veblen within Marshall County

On record in Veblen

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

Population over time

2 figures

Veblen fell from 531 to 317 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010531
2020317-214 (-40%)

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

2 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Veblen between 2002 and 2017, burning about 75 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 burning2

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 April 2002Debris and open burning70 acresSisseton AgencySNOW BALE
18 March 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSKARNAGEL GRASS FIRE

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Veblen: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Seebeck PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vrchota Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veblen in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindVeblen-Emergency management reported damage to a dairy barn roof due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindVeblen-Sixty mph winds brought several tree branches down.
June 2013Flash FloodVeblen-Heavy rain of three to four inches brought many flooded roads in and around Veblen.
May 2004LightningVeblen-Lightning struck a house in Veblen and caused some damage. Glass from a broken window hit a man and some debris from the ceiling hit a woman. They were taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries.
June 2003Flash FloodVeblen-Heavy rain caused flash flooding near Veblen with water flowing over County road 7 in several locations. A culvert was washed out along with part of the road at one location.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindVeblen-At a farm east of Veblen, a big machine shed was lifted up and then sat down in a tree belt 60 feet away. A large tree was also uprooted by the high winds.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindVeblen-Seventy mph winds brought some tree branches down in Veblen.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindVeblen-no account filed
June 2006HailVeblen-no account filed
September 2005HailVeblen-no account filed
September 2005HailVeblen-no account filed
June 2004HailVeblen-no account filed
August 2004HailVeblen-no account filed
July 2000HailVeblen-no account filed
August 1999HailVeblen-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindVeblen-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindVeblen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Hillhead5.9 miles6
Marlow6.6 miles7
Lake City11.6 miles6
Clear Lake11.7 miles6
Eden18.4 miles6
Kidder22.6 miles7
Britton25.0 miles7
Westwood Colony26.2 miles7

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 VeblenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3243564The 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 1258738. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.