South Dakota Meteorites

To date 13 meteorites have been found in South Dakota. I have included a map below.

 

Name Location Find/Fall Classification Group Remarks
Batesland Bennett Co. Find Spring 1961 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H5 One 2.5kg mass was found in a shallow depression.
Bath Brown Co Fall Aug. 29, 1892, 1600hrs Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H4 One mass of about 21kg was recovered after detionations were heard.
Bennett County Bennett Co Find 1936 Iron. Hexahedrite IIAB One 89kg mass was found near the head of Black Pipe Creek.
Cavour 2 Beadle Co. Find 1943 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H6 At least 10 masses weighing over 23.5kg have been found.
Centerville Turner Co. Fall Feb. 29, 1956 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H5 A 46.5 g mass was recovered
Emery Hanson Co. Find 1962 Stony-Iron. Mesosiderite 3A One mass of 16.7kg was found in a pile of stones. Photo2
Faith Perkins Co. Find 1952 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H5 One mass of 105kg was found 23 miles NNE of Faith.
Flandreau Moody Co. Find 1983 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H5 A stone weighing 21.36kg was found in a corn field.
Fort Pierre Stanley Co. Find 1856 Iron. Med. Octahedrite IIIAB One mass weighing 15.9kg was found 20 miles NW of town.
Harding County Harding Co. Find 1941 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. L4 One mass weighing 3075g was found.
Lemmon Perkins Co. Find 1984 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H5 One 6.68kg mass was found by Allan Shaw while searching door to door for meteorites.
Mission Todd Co. Find 1949 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. L One stone weighing 12kg was found.
Wolsey Beadle Co. Find 1980 Iron. Coarse Octahedrite IAB A 74.83 kg mass was found while plowing up a cornfield.

South Dakota.jpg (33964 bytes)

Red = Find    Green = Fall