BlockBramhall, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Central Hyde unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57371. The Survey maps it on the Highmore SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
- 1950 USGS Highmore SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Highmore quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bramhall (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 569 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | EAGLE PASS |
| 3 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 29 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | EAGLE PASS |
| 15 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DITTMAN |
| 14 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 14 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Highmore Volunteer Fire Department | RAILROAD EAGLE PASS |
| 14 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Ree Heights Volunteer Fire Department | EAGLE PASS 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highmore | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Holabird | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| Macs Corner | 19.9 miles | 8 | |
| Stephan | 20.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264311. 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.