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South Yankton, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 2. It lies in ZIP code area 68730. The Survey maps it on the Gavins Point Dam quadrangle.

South Yankton within Cedar County

On record in South Yankton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

36 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of South Yankton between 1999 and 2017, burning about 159 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWINTER FIRE
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMOOSE FIRE
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTURMAN FIRE
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBINDER RIDGE
24 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTATE 50 1
22 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBELFAST STREET FIRE
2 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWEST 23 STREET
17 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTRAIL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cedar County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of South Yankton: 7 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Western Portland Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bohlmann Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crosley Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Old Allen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sparks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cedar County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Aten2.3 miles10
Menominee4.5 miles10
Saint Helena8.4 miles10
Constance10.0 miles9
Fordyce10.6 miles9
Bow Valley12.2 miles9
Bow Valley Mills13.7 miles10
Wynot14.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 833629. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.