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Westover, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Westover unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57559. It stands on Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westover quadrangle.

Westover within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Westover between 1994 and 2017, burning about 181 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRosebud AgencyTWO KETTLE
20 September 2000Naturalunder an acreWitten Volunteer Fire DepartmentWITTEN BALES
25 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
25 August 2003Natural12 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
29 July 2016Naturalunder an acreRosebud AgencyTWO KETTLE
20 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHIGHT BOTTOM
18 July 2017Natural10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHARRISON HAY FIRE
27 June 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresRosebud AgencySW 20

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Westover: 3 past producers. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harrison Gravel Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rosebud Sioux Pit 765Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Storms near this place

21 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westover in 21 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 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
February 2009FloodWestover$5,000no account filed
July 2024HailWestover-Public reported that hail damaged their windshield and shattered windows on their home.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWestover-The combination of hail and strong winds resulted in broken windows.
June 2022HailWestover-Hail ranged between the size of peas and quarters.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWestover-Tree limbs of 6 to 8 inches in diameter were downed by estimated sixty mph winds.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWestover-Estimated sixty mph winds brought down some large tree branches.
August 2019HailWestover-Severe winds and large hail took out windows.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindWestover-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWestover-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWestover-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWestover-Sixty-five mph winds were estimated south of Draper.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWestover-Winds greater than sixty mph brought several large tree branches down.
June 2010HailWestover-Golfball hail broke some skylights on the home.
June 2010HailWestover-Golfball hail broke the windows out on the north side of the house.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWestover-Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public.
July 2024HailWestover-no account filed
July 2024HailWestover-no account filed
August 2021HailWestover-no account filed
June 2020HailWestover-no account filed
August 2019HailWestover-no account filed
June 2014HailWestover-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
Murdo10.0 miles6
Draper14.0 miles6
Okaton15.3 miles6
Van Metre29.2 miles8
Capa29.9 miles6

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 WestoverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709441The 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 1261079. 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.