Wallace

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Wallace

Total population

66

Median home value

$86,700

16.7%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$55,000

Wallace$55k

National$74k

Air quality index

25Good

Elevation542 m

Land area0.34 km²

Weather65°F · Sunny

Coordinates45.08°, -97.48°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Wallace is a town in Codington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 91 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Watertown, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

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 Wallace, SD from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

Hubert Humphrey

vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Dakota

• Roslyn
  28.5 mi away · pop. 147
• Fordham Colony
  30.3 mi away
• Andover
  30.6 mi away · pop. 31
• Willow Lake
  32.5 mi away · pop. 433
• Pierpont
  33.2 mi away · pop. 161
• Claremont Colony
  36.4 mi away
• Hillside Colony
  36.7 mi away
• Eden
  36.9 mi away · pop. 221
• Collins Colony
  38.7 mi away
• Lake Poinsett
  39.7 mi away
• Clear Lake
  43.2 mi away · pop. 41
• Badger
  43.5 mi away · pop. 162

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.

Books about Wallace

Land tenure and land use problems in central South Dakota ..

Wallace McMartin · 1939

Concrete investigation of the material of English spelling

Wallace Franklin Jones · 1870

W.L. Dow

Jennifer Dumke · 2013

Gold-bearing polymetallic veins and replacement deposits

James Jennings Norton · 1989

The American Landscape

John Conron · 1974

The Pilgrim Of Our Lady Of Martyrs

Apostleship of Prayer (Organization) · 1888

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Twin Butte Ck, Corson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 213 mi
• Wildfire Duhamel, Pennington, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 239 mi

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

Recently spotted species

Northern Harrier

Circus hudsonius

Seen 2026-08-19

Least Skipper

Ancyloxypha numitor

Seen 2026-08-19

Hunt's Bumble Bee

Bombus huntii

Seen 2026-08-19

black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Seen 2026-08-19

Maximilian sunflower

Helianthus maximiliani

Seen 2026-08-19

Wild Licorice

Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Seen 2026-08-19

Common Green Darner

Anax junius

Seen 2026-08-19

Meadow Fritillary

Boloria bellona

Seen 2026-08-19

leadplant

Amorpha canescens

Seen 2026-07-29

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