BlockBlack Eyes, South Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the East Bennett unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57551. The Survey maps it on the Black Eyes quadrangle. It stands 3,018 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1955 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Patricia quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Martin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Black Eyes between 2000 and 2019, burning about 927 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | ALVIN FROST |
| 29 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | IRELAND |
| 27 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Martin Volunteer Fire Department | KNECHT |
| 13 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | PICKLE |
| 1 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 900 acres | Long Valley Volunteer Fire Department | MANSFIELD BROSS |
| 3 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | HICKS BALE |
| 2 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 9 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | CUMMINGS |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Wound | 4.3 miles | 5 | |
| Martin | 6.4 miles | 5 | |
| Plenty Bears | 7.7 miles | 5 | |
| Patricia | 10.0 miles | 5 | |
| LaCreek (historical) | 12.0 miles | 5 | |
| Allen | 12.1 miles | 5 | |
| Tuthill | 13.0 miles | 6 | |
| Swett | 14.8 miles | 5 |
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 Black Eyes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48843022 | 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 1266662. 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.