BlockAlto, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Hughes unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57501. It lies near Mosteller Draw. The Survey maps it on the Antelope Island quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1934 USGS Canning quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Canning quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Antelope Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Alto between 2006 and 2016, burning about 225 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 7 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.3 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GARFIELD CA |
| 30 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TAYLOR DRAW CA |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | SANDY CREEK |
| 14 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 8 May 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DON PLAYPEN |
| 16 April 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265606. 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.