Vale

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Vale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, South Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 130. Vale has been assigned the ZIP code of 57788. The public school located in Vale, whose mascot was The Beet Diggers, closed in 1982.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Vale, SD from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in South Dakota

• Nisland
  8.5 mi away
• Sturgis
  15.1 mi away · pop. 7,086
• St. Onge
  16.6 mi away · pop. 40
• Crook City
  17.3 mi away · pop. 279
• Blucksberg Mountain
  18.1 mi away
• Boulder Canyon
  18.3 mi away
• Deadwood
  22.5 mi away
• Spearfish
  22.5 mi away
• Belle Fourche
  22.9 mi away
• Mountain Plains
  25.2 mi away
• North Spearfish
  26 mi away
• Wonderland Homes
  28.7 mi away

Browse all places in South Dakota →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Fairpoint, Meade, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 29 mi
• Wildfire Duhamel, Pennington, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 57 mi
• Wildfire XU Hill, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 84 mi
• Wildfire Kohns, Campbell, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 84 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 98 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 98 mi
• Wildfire Twin Butte Ck, Corson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 98 mi
• Wildfire Rancher fire, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 105 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Common Whitetail

Plathemis lydia

Seen 2026-07-06

Bullsnake

Pituophis catenifer sayi

Seen 2026-05-23

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Seen 2026-05-23

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

Seen 2026-04-29

rough cocklebur

Xanthium strumarium

Seen 2025-09-15

Two-striped Grasshopper

Melanoplus bivittatus

Seen 2025-09-07

flower-of-an-hour

Hibiscus trionum

Seen 2025-09-06

Hunt's Bumble Bee

Bombus huntii

Seen 2025-09-06

Band-winged Meadowhawk

Sympetrum semicinctum

Seen 2025-09-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).