Beaver Crossing, South Dakota
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57783. It stands on Potato Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tinton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1898 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tinton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tinton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 428 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | BIG SPRING |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | FILLMORE |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | POLE CABIN |
| 27 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | DAISY |
| 2 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | NORBERT |
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | X |
| 12 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | BALDY |
| 12 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | MILL CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Crossing: 20 past producers, 17 prospects, 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tin, Gold, Tin, Niobium (Columbium), Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills Tin Company | Tin, Tantalum, Lithium, Gold, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | 1876 | |
| Black Hills Tin Company | Tin, Gold, Lithium, Tantalum | Producer | ||
| Bull Hill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Giant-Volney | Tin, Lithium, Tantalum | Unknown | ||
| Giant-Volney Mine | Tantalum, Lithium, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, Tin | Past Producer | Amblygonite, Cassiterite, Columbite, Feldspar, Lithiophilite, Spodumene, Tantalite | |
| Giant-Volney Pegmatite | Lithium, Tantalum, Tin, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | 1876, 1903 | |
| Keenan Properties | Tin, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Tungsten, Lithium | Producer | Spodumene | |
| Keenan Properties | Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Tantalum | Past Producer | ||
| Keenan Properties Placer | Gold, Tungsten, Tin, Tantalum | Past Producer | 1876 | |
| Lafayette No 2 | Tantalum, Tin | Prospect | 1928 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinton | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Savoy | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Victoria | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Dacy (historical) | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Maurice | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Preston | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ragged Top (historical) | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Carbonate (historical) | 7.3 miles | 20 |
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 Q4878047 | 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 1261246. 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.








