BlockWecota, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Freedom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57438. The Survey maps it on the Wecota quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Wecota quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gettysburg quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wecota in 2002, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Cresbard Volunteer Fire Department | LYLE HASELHORSK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wecota in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wecota | - | A machine shed was partially destroyed along with several grain bins damaged by estimated ninety mph winds. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wecota | - | Seventy mph winds downed a tree along with many large tree branches. The winds combined with tennis ball hail caused damage to windows and crops. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Wecota | - | A tornado touched down about a mile south of Highway 20 and tracked northward to about a mile north of Highway 20. The tornado tracked mainly across open country and caused only minor tree damage near a home. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Wecota | - | The tornado touched down about a mile south of Highway 20 and traveled over four miles to the northeast before lifting. The tornado caused minor damage to two farms. A garage door was blown over the roof of the garage along with tree damage. A livestock trailer was also blown over along with more tree damage at the second farm. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wecota | - | Winds measured over 90 mph destroyed two 9000 bushel grain bins and severely damaged four other grain bins in Wecota. Many trees and branches were also downed in Wecota and the surrounding area. A center pivot irrigation system was also destroyed near Wecota. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Wecota | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Wecota | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Wecota | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Wecota | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Wecota | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millard | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Norbeck | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Evergreen Colony | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Blumengard Colony | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Thunderbird Colony | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Cresbard | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Faulkton | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Brentwood Colony | 9.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1258856. 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.