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Zeona, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Perkins unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57758. The Survey maps it on the Zeona quadrangle.

Zeona within Perkins County

On record in Zeona

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 3 records

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

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Zeona between 2002 and 2014, burning about 85 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
29 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresPrairie City Volunteer Fire DepartmentKOLB
12 July 2006Natural25 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
1 July 2012Natural15 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTALBOT
1 July 2012Natural5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionFLODEN
27 October 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionYACKLEY BROTHERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perkins County

Storms near this place

45 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zeona in 45 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 24 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 flash 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
June 2010FloodZeona$100,000no account filed
June 2008HailZeona$20,000Large hail and strong wind gusts knocked out windows and destroyed siding on a house. The storm also killed two calves and injured other livestock. Grass in the area was flattened.
July 2003HailZeona$2,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindZeona-The storm also produced a lot of pea sized hail.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts to 80 mph uprooted several six to eight inch diameter trees.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindZeona-Wind gusts around 60 mph were reported.
July 2011Flash FloodZeona-Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Deep Creek and other small streams in southeastern Perkins County.
May 2011Flash FloodZeona-Flash flooding was reported along Deep Creek and the Moreau River in southeastern Perkins County.
March 2009FloodZeona-Minor flooding occurred along the Moreau River. The river gauge northwest of Faith crested at 16.37 ft, which is 0.37 ft above flood stage.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindZeona-None.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindZeona-8 inch diameter cedar tree snapped in half.
August 2002HailZeona-Golfball sized hail destroyed an alfalfa field.
July 2023HailZeona-no account filed
July 2019HailZeona-no account filed
July 2019HailZeona-no account filed
June 2018HailZeona-no account filed
May 2016HailZeona-no account filed
June 2014HailZeona-no account filed
June 2009HailZeona-no account filed
June 2008HailZeona-no account filed
July 2008HailZeona-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindZeona-no account filed
June 2008HailZeona-no account filed
April 2007HailZeona-no account filed
June 2007HailZeona-no account filed
May 2005HailZeona-no account filed
July 2005HailZeona-no account filed
July 2005HailZeona-no account filed
July 2005HailZeona-no account filed
June 2003HailZeona-no account filed
June 2003HailZeona-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindZeona-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindZeona-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindZeona-no account filed
August 2002HailZeona-no account filed
August 2002HailZeona-no account filed
August 2001HailZeona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perkins 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
Imogene11.3 miles7
Date17.3 miles7
Sorum17.7 miles7
Bixby18.9 miles7
Strool22.0 miles6
Prairie City23.9 miles6
Bison32.9 miles7
Chance36.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1259104. 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.