Blackhawk, South Dakota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1957. It stands in the Southwest Meade unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57718. It lies near Wards Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Blackhawk quadrangle. 3,026 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,494 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBlackhawk grew from 2,892 to 3,026 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,892 | |
| 2020 | 3,026 | +134 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Blackhawk quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Blackhawk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,796 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 74 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MARKER 51 |
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SOMERSET |
| 7 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAYSTACK |
| 6 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ELDER |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WESTBERRY COURT |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SUN RIDGE |
| 4 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NEMO RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Blackhawk: 9 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double Rainbow | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1876, 1881 | |
| Hills Materials | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Light Aggregates Inc Kiln | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Rapid City Lime Kilns & Quarries | Calcium | Producer | ||
| South Dakota State Cement Plant | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone, Shale | |
| Dakota Lime & Brick Co Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Dakota Plaster Co Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Everist Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Hills Materials Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lange Gypsum Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summerset | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Wonderland Homes | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Goiens (historical) | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Piedmont | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Carwye (historical) | 7.8 miles | 18 | |
| Tilford | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Runkel (historical) | 15.7 miles | 20 | |
| Bend | 16.6 miles | 14 |
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 Blackhawk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2651630 | 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 1265129. 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.





