BlockBuffalo Chip, South Dakota
17 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 57785. The Survey maps it on the Fort Meade quadrangle. 7 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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 Fort Meade quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo Chip between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,936 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Montana/Dakotas State Office | SWIMMINGPO |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BEAR BUTTE |
| 7 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | POWERLINE |
| 3 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | FT MEAD2-3 |
| 27 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 856 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BEAR BUTTE |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 655 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ALKALI #4 |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 400 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 280 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Buffalo Chip: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgis | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bear Butte | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Tilford | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Runkel (historical) | 10.1 miles | 20 | |
| Piedmont | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Carwye (historical) | 13.3 miles | 18 | |
| Wonderland Homes | 15.0 miles | 16 | |
| Goiens (historical) | 15.1 miles | 18 |
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 Buffalo Chip | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4985690 | 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 2777647. 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.