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Wood, South Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wood town. It lies in ZIP code area 57585. The Survey maps it on the Wood South quadrangle. 41 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,152 feet above sea level.

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Wood within Mellette County

Population over time

2 figures

Wood fell from 62 to 41 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
201062
202041-21 (-34%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Wood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 4 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 use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRosebud AgencyRENO
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLAURITSEN GRASS
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
2 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWOOD AREA
17 August 2017Natural25 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDERRY
16 August 1994Naturalunder an acreRosebud AgencyMEDEARIS
9 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresRosebud AgencyS WOOD
28 July 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRosebud AgencyKROGMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mellette County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wood: 2 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
Rosebud Sioux Gravel Pit A-1660Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rosebud Sioux Gravel Pit Ref 1370Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mellette County

Storms near this place

59 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wood in 59 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 38 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindWood1 hurt, $60,000Strong winds destroyed two trailer houses, damaged the school roof, and knocked down several power poles. A woman in one of the mobile homes was severely injured.
July 2000HailWood$5,000A few homes had damage to gutters and siding. A patio door was shattered.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWood$1,000Large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were reported near 60 mph.
June 2022HailWood-The ground was covered with hail to quarter size.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2019HailWood-Hail damaged vehicles.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWood-Strong winds downed some trees.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWood-The public reported wind gusts to 70 mph.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts to 70 mph were reported.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindWood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2023HailWood-no account filed
June 2022HailWood-no account filed
June 2022HailWood-no account filed
July 2021HailWood-no account filed
July 2021HailWood-no account filed
August 2020HailWood-no account filed
August 2020HailWood-no account filed
June 2020HailWood-no account filed
June 2020HailWood-no account filed
June 2019HailWood-no account filed
August 2019HailWood-no account filed
August 2019HailWood-no account filed
August 2017HailWood-no account filed
May 2012HailWood-no account filed
August 2011HailWood-no account filed
August 2011HailWood-no account filed
June 2011HailWood-no account filed
June 2010HailWood-no account filed
June 2010HailWood-no account filed
June 2009HailWood-no account filed
August 2009HailWood-no account filed
May 2008HailWood-no account filed
June 2008HailWood-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWood-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWood-no account filed
June 2006HailWood-no account filed
June 2005HailWood-no account filed
August 2004HailWood-no account filed
August 2004HailWood-no account filed
August 2004HailWood-no account filed
August 2002HailWood-no account filed
August 2002HailWood-no account filed
July 2001HailWood-no account filed
July 2001HailWood-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWood-no account filed
May 2000HailWood-no account filed
June 1998HailWood-no account filed
June 1997HailWood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mellette 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
Mosher9.7 miles5
Badnation12.1 miles7
White River15.0 miles6
Cedar Butte29.2 miles5
Norris38.1 miles5
Corn Creek38.6 miles5

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 WoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2218596The 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 1266941. 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.