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Argyle, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the West Custer unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57747. The Survey maps it on the Argyle quadrangle.

Argyle within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 18 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

76 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Argyle between 1994 and 2020, burning about 561 acres in total. 51 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
Natural51
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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
5 September 2005Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 September 2005Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 September 2005Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBOOMS
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPOWER POLE
3 September 2007Natural1.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestSHEEP HERDER
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPLEASANT VALLEY
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLIME KILN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Argyle: 5 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Feldspar, Mica. 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
Argyle Fuller's Earth DepositFullers EarthPast Producer1900
Argyle Fuller's Earth DepositClayPast Producer
Black Hills LimeLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Custer Mica Lodes Nos. 1 and 2MicaOccurrence1943
J.R. Mine MS 1160Gold, SilverPast Producer
QuarryLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Dean QuarryFeldsparPast Producer
Lien and Sons QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Loring SidingStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lucky StrikeFeldsparPast Producer

Every working recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

28 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argyle in 28 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 21 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Flash FloodArgyle$20,000Runoff from heavy rain washed out Hopkins Flat Road west and northwest of Pringle.
June 2012Tornado (EF1)Argyle$1,000Trees were snapped and uprooted along Argyle Road.
June 2023HailArgyle-Hail up to quarter size fell for about 20 minutes.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2013Flash FloodArgyle-Heavy rain caused flooding along rural roads when culverts were quickly overwhelmed from the excessive runoff.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Several large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2023HailArgyle-no account filed
August 2023HailArgyle-no account filed
October 2023HailArgyle-no account filed
June 2023HailArgyle-no account filed
June 2023HailArgyle-no account filed
August 2022HailArgyle-no account filed
June 2022HailArgyle-no account filed
July 2021HailArgyle-no account filed
August 2020HailArgyle-no account filed
August 2020HailArgyle-no account filed
May 2018HailArgyle-no account filed
August 2016HailArgyle-no account filed
July 2014HailArgyle-no account filed
July 2013HailArgyle-no account filed
June 2013HailArgyle-no account filed
August 2013HailArgyle-no account filed
August 2005HailArgyle-no account filed
August 2003HailArgyle-no account filed
June 2003HailArgyle-no account filed
June 2002HailArgyle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
Ivanhoe (historical)4.6 miles15
Pringle5.8 miles18
Nihart8.9 miles16
Cold Spring II (historical)9.7 miles18
Sanator11.4 miles16
Fourmile13.7 miles17
Blue Bell15.3 miles18
Custer16.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261201. 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.

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.