BlockBurdette, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Burdette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57476. It stands on North Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burdette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1899 USGS Redfield quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Burdette quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Redfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Burdette between 2003 and 2015, burning about 815 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Huron Wetland Management District | SLUNECKA |
| 19 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HURD |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 30 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | VANZEE |
| 30 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Hand County | FREMARK2 |
| 30 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Hand County | FREMARK1 |
| 6 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence (historical) | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Vayland | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Lawrence | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Miller | 16.3 miles | 8 | |
| Polo | 17.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ree Heights | 24.8 miles | 9 | |
| Miller Dale Colony | 26.8 miles | 7 | |
| Sweetland (historical) | 27.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261099. 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.