Fedora

History

The town of Fedora was originally platted in 1881. Fedora was originally called Miner Center, until the name was changed in 1896 due to the fact that there were several towns called Miner or Miner Center in South Dakota. According to tradition, Fedora was so named on account of the fedora hats sold by a pioneer merchant. On June 13, 1943, two B-17 bombers from the 393rd Bomb Group of the Sioux City Army Air Base collided while on a training exercise over Fedora. One of the planes crashed immediately, and the other made a controlled landing in a creek bed several miles away. Eleven airmen were killed.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  65
• Ring-necked Pheasant

  Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  63
• Killdeer

  Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  59
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  47
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  42
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  38
• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  38
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  37

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2026-01-09
  5 km ENE of Artesian, South Dakota
• M 2.7 — 2023-10-19
  3 km E of Humboldt, South Dakota
• M 2.5 — 2022-01-16
  9 km NE of Plankinton, South Dakota
• M 3.1 — 2005-10-19
  7 km N of Howard, South Dakota
• M 3.5 — 2003-11-21
  22 km SSW of Wessington, South Dakota
• M 3.1 — 2002-07-26
  0 km WSW of Huron, South Dakota