BlockArgonne, South Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Green Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57349. The Survey maps it on the Roswell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS De Smet quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS De Smet quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Argonne between 2007 and 2017, burning about 128 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KUHLE FIELD |
| 25 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HOWARD |
| 22 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CAVIGILLI |
| 22 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 24 February 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 17 November 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argonne in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Argonne | - | A spotter observed a brief touchdown in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Argonne | - | Piles of hail up to about 6 inches deep. Most hail was small, but some as big as quarters. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Argonne | - | A tornado caused an unknown amount of damage to crops, including grassland. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Argonne | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. The winds were accompanied by heavy rain and pea size hail. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Argonne | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilas | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Roswell | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Howard | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Carthage | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Fedora | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cloverleaf Colony | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Shannon Colony | 13.1 miles | 6 | |
| Canova | 15.0 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Argonne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23709322 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261091. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.