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.
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
Palestine Evangelical Lutheran Churchlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresVeblen 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 531 | |
| 2020 | 317 | -214 (-40%) |
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.
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Veblen quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Sisseton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional 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 burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Sisseton Agency | SNOW BALE |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SKARNAGEL GRASS FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seebeck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vrchota Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veblen | - | Emergency management reported damage to a dairy barn roof due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veblen | - | Sixty mph winds brought several tree branches down. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Veblen | - | Heavy rain of three to four inches brought many flooded roads in and around Veblen. |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Veblen | - | 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 2003 | Flash Flood | Veblen | - | 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veblen | - | 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veblen | - | Seventy mph winds brought some tree branches down in Veblen. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veblen | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Veblen | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Veblen | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Veblen | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Veblen | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Veblen | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Veblen | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Veblen | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veblen | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veblen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillhead | 5.9 miles | 6 | |
| Marlow | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lake City | 11.6 miles | 6 | |
| Clear Lake | 11.7 miles | 6 | |
| Eden | 18.4 miles | 6 | |
| Kidder | 22.6 miles | 7 | |
| Britton | 25.0 miles | 7 | |
| Westwood Colony | 26.2 miles | 7 |
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 Veblen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3243564 | 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 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.



