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Warner, South Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Warner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57479. The Survey maps it on the Warner quadrangle. 485 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,299 feet above sea level.

Warner within Brown County

Population over time

2 figures

Warner grew from 457 to 485 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
2010457
2020485+28 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Warner between 2003 and 2017, burning about 2,354 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSEC 19 BEANFIRE
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSEC 21 BEANFIELD
4 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression281
30 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
21 July 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
13 July 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSECTION 10 AGAIN
31 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSECTION 10
13 April 2003Arson/incendiarism170 acresSand Lake National Wildlife RefugeRYMAN WPA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Warner: 1 past producer. None of them 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
Schwab PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warner in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 17 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 flood. 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
May 2007Flash FloodWarner$5,000,000Very heavy rains of 5 to nearly 10 inches fell within a 6 to 10 hour period across most of Brown county causing widespread flash flooding. Most of the cities affected included Aberdeen, Warner, Columbia, Hecla, Groton, Barnard, Bath, and Stratford. Several hundred homes, some businesses, and countless roads were affected by the flooding. Aberdeen received the most extensive damage, especially the north side of Aberdeen. Seventy-five percent of the homes in Aberdeen received some water in their basements. Basement water levels ranged from a few inches to very deep water all the way up to the first floor of homes. Several homes had basement walls that collapsed. The overwhelming load on the drainage system caused sewage to back up into many homes. The National Guard brought large generators and pumps to Aberdeen to alleviate pressure on the storm system. A school in north Aberdeen was closed for several days because in was surrounded by water. Also, many vehicles stalled on the roads and power outages occurred, mainly in northern Aberdeen, as transformers went under water. Many cars were also damaged by the flooding. Over thirty families in Aberdeen were displaced from their homes with many living in emergency shelters.||Over one-hundred homes in Aberdeen were condemned with nearly fifty considered as unlivable. Thousands of acres of crops were flooded and damaged with many seeds and large quantities of fertilizer washed away. ||An emergency operations center was operated in Aberdeen for several days to coordinate all emergency activities. Hundreds of volunteers helped with the cleanup. Over 2500 tons of flooding debris was taken to the landfill in Aberdeen. The Governor was in Aberdeen and declared a state of emergency for Brown county. ||Groton, Stratford, Bath, Claremont, and Columbia also had flooded homes and basements. Thirty percent of Columbia's homes had some water in them with two collapsed basement walls. Eighty percent of Groton's homes had water in their basement with half having sewer backups. Sixty homes in Groton had major damage. Many sewer backups also occurred in Claremont.||Senator John Thune and representative Stephanie Herseth came to Brown County to survey the damage. Brown County was declared a disaster area by President Bush with disaster recovery and community assistance centers opened. Eight damage assessment teams from local, state, and FEMA came to Brown and other counties.||Rainfall amounts included 4.99 inches at Westport, 7.49 inches at Stratford, 7.97 inches at Aberdeen, 8.07 inches at Sand Lake Wildlife Refuge, 8.73 inches at Columbia, and 8.74 inches at Groton. Adding in the previous days rain, Aberdeen received 9.00 inches, Columbia received 10.19 inches, with 10.74 inches at Groton. The 8.74 inches of rainfall at Groton set a new 24 hour state rainfall record.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWarner-Estimated eighty mph winds downed several large tree branches and trees along with downing multiple power poles.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWarner-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWarner-Sixty mph winds downed several branches.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWarner-Sixty mph winds downed power lines from Warner and west to a sub-station. There was also tree damage in the town of Warner.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWarner-Two miles north of Warner, one-hundred mph winds completely destroyed an attached garage and also took a small part of the roof off of the home.
May 2007FloodWarner-Widespread flooding continued across much of Brown county through May 8th. Most of the cities affected included Aberdeen, Warner, Columbia, Hecla, Groton, Barnard, Bath, and Stratford. Several hundred homes, some businesses and countless roads were affected by the flooding. Aberdeen received the most extensive damage, especially the north side of Aberdeen. Seventy-five percent of the homes in Aberdeen received some water in their basements. Basement water levels ranged from a few inches to up to the first floor of homes. Several homes had basement walls that collapsed. The overwhelming load on the drainage system caused sewage to back up into many homes. The National Guard brought large generators and pumps to Aberdeen to alleviate pressure on the storm system. A school in north Aberdeen was closed for several days because in was surrounded by water. Also, many vehicles stalled on the roads and power outages occurred, mainly in northern Aberdeen, as transformers went under water. Many cars were also damaged by the flooding. Over thirty families in Aberdeen were displaced from their homes with many living in emergency shelters.||Over one-hundred homes in Aberdeen were condemned with nearly fifty considered as unlivable. Thousands of acres of crops were flooded and damaged with many seeds and large quantities of fertilizer washed away. ||An emergency operations center was operated in Aberdeen for several days to coordinate all emergency activities. Hundreds of volunteers helped with the cleanup. Over 2500 tons of flooding debris was taken to the landfill in Aberdeen. The Governor was in Aberdeen and declared a state of emergency for Brown county. ||Groton, Stratford, Bath, Claremont, and Columbia also had flooded homes and basements. Thirty percent of Columbia's homes had some water in them with two collapsed basement walls. Eighty percent of Groton's homes had water in their basement with half having sewer backups. Sixty homes in Groton had major damage. Many sewer backups also occurred in Claremont.||Senator John Thune and representative Stephanie Herseth came to Brown County to survey the damage. Brown County was declared a disaster area by President Bush with disaster recovery and community assistance centers opened. Eight damage assessment teams from local, state, and FEMA came to Brown and other counties.|
October 2000WildfireWarner-A combine harvesting soybeans started a cropland fire southeast of Warner. Due to the extremely dry and windy conditions, the fire spread northwest towards Warner. Residents on the south side of Warner had to be evacuated as the fire came within 300 feet of the town before it was stopped. Almost 100 firefighters battled the blaze throughout the afternoon. The fire damaged a few pieces of farm equipment and also threatened a few buildings.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWarner-Winds gusting to 80 mph slid a pickup over.
August 2023HailWarner-no account filed
August 2022HailWarner-no account filed
August 2022HailWarner-no account filed
August 2021HailWarner-no account filed
August 2021HailWarner-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWarner-no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWarner-no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWarner-no account filed
July 2017HailWarner-no account filed
July 2015HailWarner-no account filed
May 2010HailWarner-no account filed
September 2008HailWarner-no account filed
June 2008HailWarner-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWarner-no account filed
June 2006HailWarner-no account filed
May 2005HailWarner-no account filed
May 2005HailWarner-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWarner-no account filed
June 2004HailWarner-no account filed
June 1999HailWarner-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWarner-no account filed
July 1997HailWarner-no account filed
August 1997HailWarner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Rudolph2.7 miles9
Nahon6.3 miles11
Melrose Addition9.0 miles11
Aberdeen9.6 miles11
Jobee Acres9.9 miles11
Stratford10.1 miles10
Harlin Addition10.9 miles10
Deevaan Villa Development12.5 miles10

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 WarnerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2355994The 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 1258822. 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.