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Webster, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Webster City. It lies in ZIP code area 57274. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle. 1,728 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,857 feet above sea level.

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Webster within Day County

On record in Webster

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Webster fell from 1,886 to 1,728 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
20101,886
20201,728-158 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

30 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 2005 and 2020, burning about 183 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCRANDALL HILLS FIRE
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPIERPONT MUTUAL AID FIRE
11 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionKRIECH FIRE
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionREETZ FIRE
4 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression429TH AVENUE
4 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
27 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDITCH FIRE
24 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHEMMAH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Day County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Webster: 4 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Donahue Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ellington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gaikowski PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lesner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Day County

Storms near this place

60 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster in 68 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 33 hail, 33 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 10 injuries. 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 2008Thunderstorm WindWebster10 hurtThe lumber yard and cabinet shop in Webster were destroyed. Power lines and poles were downed along with hundreds of trees. A semi was overturned on Highway 12 west of Webster injuring the driver. Several other injuries occurred in Day County as a result of the windstorm. The injuries were minor to moderate with scrapes and abrasions to lower back injuries and a broken collar bone.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWebster-Estimated seventy mph winds downed several trees in Webster.
September 2019Tornado (EF0)Webster-A witness observed a tornado touch down over a lake and then track onto a pasture before lifting. No damage occurred.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWebster-An estimated seventy-five mph wind downed several power lines in Webster.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWebster-Three power poles were downed by estimated eighty mph winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWebster-Several storage buildings in the lumber yard were rolled with some house windows broken along with several business signs destroyed.
July 2015HailWebster-Hail broke out some car windows at the intersection of Highway 12 and County Road 25 causing some injuries.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWebster-A communications tower came down and landed on a vehicle causing damage.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWebster-A motor home was tipped over and severely damaged along with many trees downed in Webster.
May 2007Flash FloodWebster-Heavy rains of up to 3 inches produced flash flooding on several roads around Webster.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWebster-A wet microburst producing winds of 80 mph or higher took the roof off a house and barn. The barn roof was blown about 300 yards. Also, up to 12-inch diameter tree branches were broken off from several trees.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWebster-Large branches were downed by the high winds.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWebster-Large branches were downed in Webster.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindWebster-Thunderstorm winds gusting to near 60 mph blew five foot of the roof off of a house, downed many tree branches, and also blew in the barn doors.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWebster-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some poles and some powerlines.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWebster-High winds destroyed a steel bin and broke off some power poles. Also, a storage building was knocked down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWebster-Eighty mph winds downed several trees in Webster. A small barn was blown down on the north edge of town. A van at an automobile business sustained body and glass damage when a pontoon boat from the neighboring auto and marine business blew into it. A roof was also blown off a house and deposited in a field.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWebster-Thunderstorm Winds caused undetermined tree and crop damage.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
August 2016HailWebster-no account filed
August 2016HailWebster-no account filed
August 2016HailWebster-no account filed
August 2016HailWebster-no account filed
June 2015HailWebster-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
April 2006HailWebster-no account filed
May 2006HailWebster-no account filed
August 2006HailWebster-no account filed
August 2006HailWebster-no account filed
August 2006HailWebster-no account filed
August 2006HailWebster-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
May 2005HailWebster-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
May 2004HailWebster-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
July 2003HailWebster-no account filed
June 2003HailWebster-no account filed
June 2003HailWebster-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
August 2002HailWebster-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
June 2002HailWebster-no account filed
June 2001HailWebster-no account filed
June 2001HailWebster-no account filed
June 2001HailWebster-no account filed
June 2001HailWebster-no account filed
July 2000HailWebster-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
June 1998HailWebster-no account filed
May 1998HailWebster-no account filed
October 1998HailWebster-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
September 1997HailWebster-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Day 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
Holmquist7.1 miles7
Roslyn11.4 miles7
Butler11.4 miles7
Waubay11.4 miles7
Grenville11.5 miles7
Bristol12.1 miles7
Lily13.5 miles7
Enemy Swim13.8 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 WebsterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2350996The 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 1258853. 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.