Wentworth, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wentworth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57075. The Survey maps it on the Wentworth quadrangle. 181 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,699 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWentworth grew from 171 to 181 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 | 171 | |
| 2020 | 181 | +10 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Wentworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Wentworth between 1999 and 2018, burning about 110 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 21 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | HANSE HOUSE |
| 4 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | US HIGHWAY 115 AND 281ST |
| 13 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 23 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 12 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 10 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CAVINESS |
| 22 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | THOMS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wentworth: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wentworth in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wentworth | $150,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including several trees uprooted or flattened, and others snapped a few feet above the ground. The winds also destroyed a 60 foot by 90 foot shed. Several homes and vehicles were damaged, including a car crushed by a tree and a garage heavily damaged by a falling tree. The winds caused damage to power lines and poles, both directly and from wind blown debris, with a resulting power outage in most of Wentworth. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wentworth | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches down. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wentworth | - | A personal weather station measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 96 mph. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Wentworth | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wentworth | - | Trees damaged, as well as house siding. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wentworth | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several large trees blown down. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wentworth | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. The winds were accompanied by heavy rain and by half inch diameter hail that covered the ground. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wentworth | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a large tree blown down. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Wentworth | - | A weak tornado tracked across farmland. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Wentworth | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Wentworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Wentworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Wentworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Wentworth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsula Park | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Smiths Park | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Brant Lake | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Chautauqua | 5.2 miles | 6 | |
| Rutland | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Chester | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Madison | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Franklin | 9.2 miles | 6 |
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 Wentworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q508855 | 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 1265413. 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.



