BlockBlackpipe, 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 57560. The Survey maps it on the Blackpipe quadrangle. It stands 2,917 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 Blackpipe quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Martin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Blackpipe between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,087 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2001 | Smoking | 1,920 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | DISTANT |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 7 July 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Vetal Volunteer Fire Department | LIVERMONT |
| 28 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BAUMAN |
| 25 February 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | 70BALES |
| 23 February 2020 | Other causes | 1.3 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | 4 CORNERS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vetal | 10.4 miles | 6 | |
| Harrington | 12.0 miles | 6 | |
| Patricia | 13.2 miles | 5 | |
| Tuthill | 17.4 miles | 6 | |
| Black Eyes | 23.1 miles | 5 | |
| Bad Wound | 25.9 miles | 5 | |
| LaCreek (historical) | 26.3 miles | 5 | |
| Martin | 27.0 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 Blackpipe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4923229 | 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 1261097. 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.