BlockArlington Beach, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Laketon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57212. The Survey maps it on the Lake Poinsett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Lake Poinsett quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Arlington Beach between 2005 and 2020, burning about 45 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JON HALL |
| 14 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LAKE POINSETT CAMP GROUND |
| 5 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JOHN HALL |
| 4 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Brookings County | LSAATHOFF |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CAROL |
| 27 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | REE |
| 19 March 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | BL3S CHURC |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Arlington Beach: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce | 12.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ahnberg | 16.0 miles | 9 | |
| Volga | 17.1 miles | 8 | |
| North Grove Addition | 17.9 miles | 9 | |
| Red Willow Colony | 19.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sinai | 20.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sunnyview | 21.1 miles | 9 | |
| Brookings | 22.1 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122545487 | 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 1253681. 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.