BlockBunker, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Stanley unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57552. The Survey maps it on the Midland NE 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
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Midland NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bunker (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 782 acres in total. 3 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Stanley County | HAND TRACTOR |
| 9 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CEMETERY |
| 23 August 2020 | Natural | 561 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LUCKY STRIKE CA |
| 9 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NEMEC COMBINE |
| 7 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CASE TRUCK |
| 4 July 2014 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HWY 115 |
| 26 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 24 July 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pheba (historical) | 1.9 miles | 6 | |
| Hayes | 10.0 miles | 6 | |
| Sansarc | 18.8 miles | 6 | |
| Wendte | 23.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lacy | 27.7 miles | 9 | |
| Teton | 31.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mission Ridge | 35.2 miles | 6 | |
| Orton | 35.3 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1254159. 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.