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Shaded-relief map of Mayfield Colony, South Dakota: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
SOUTH DAKOTA · CLARK COUNTY

Mayfield Colony

146 people, 1,780 ft above sea level in Clark County.

1,780 ftElevation, city center
146People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Clear 36°
Clear now Dew point 21° · SE 12 mph · high 36°
City of Mayfield Colony River Interstate 2 miles
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The Mayfield Colony plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Mayfield Colony

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW DESMET (K6E5) · 6:35 PM
Clear
36° Clear Feels like 28° · high of 36° near 6 PM
WindSE 12 mphno gusts
Humidity55%rising to 79% by morning
Pressure30.15 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 21° · Dry43° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Partly cloudy
Wednesday30% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 50.19 in · 9 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Clark County
NWS Aberdeen and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 6:47 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:25 AM5:03 PM ↓
9 h 38 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
53
MODERATEAir quality index · coarse particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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SUNDAY, NOV. 15
MONDAY, NOV. 16
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 26 to 27° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 42° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
36° 31°
0% rain — SSE 14 A
SUN Nov. 15 Sunny; warmer Sunny; warmer
50° 37°
0% rain — S 18, gusts 30 B
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
54° 40°
0% rain — S 20, gusts 31 B
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
52° 43°
0% rain — S 22, gusts 32 B
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 37°
30% rain — W 12 C
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
46° 36°
10% rain — ESE 5 C
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
51° 39°
80% rain 0.1–1.1″ ESE 15 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Mayfield Colony about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Pacific Northwest three days ago, and over the central Plains a day ago, about 1,070 miles back along its path. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Mayfield Colony stands on

Mayfield Colony’s center stands about 1,780 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,760 ft to 1,840 ft, a difference of 80 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Pierre Shale (shale, bentonite), from the Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old.

Mayfield Colony, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
1,600 ft1,700 ft1,800 ft MAYFIELD COLONY1,780 ftLow point1,560 ftHigh point of the line1,840 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Pierre Shale

Shale, bentonite. Age: Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Mayfield Colony on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Watertown SD · 26 MI 26 miles northeast Sioux Falls SD · 90 MI 90 miles southeast Sioux City IA · 163 MI 163 miles south Mankato MN · 182 MI 182 miles east
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SOUTH DAKOTA · CLARK

Mayfield Colony

146 people, 1,780 ft above sea level in Clark County.

1,780 ftElevation
146People
0 sq miLand
Clear 36°
ClearDew point 21°
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Today in Mayfield Colony

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly clear night 36° 0%
9p mostly clear night 34° 0%
12a mostly clear night 34° 0%
3a mostly clear night 33° 0%
6a mostly clear night 32° 0%
9a clear day 35° 0%
Partly cloudy
NEXT RAINWednesday · 30%
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Wed30%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Thu10%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
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Fri80%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Mayfield Colony stands on

Mayfield Colony’s center stands about 1,780 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,760 ft to 1,840 ft, a difference of 80 ft: gently rolling country.

Mayfield Colony, west to east Mayfield Colony1,780 ftHigh point1,840 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,780 ft
Within 3 miles1,760 to 1,840 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (80 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfacePierre Shale
Its ageLate Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old