BlockBurdock, South Dakota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Argentine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57735. It stands on Pass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burdock quadrangle. It stands 3,642 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1902 USGS Edgemont quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Burdock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Burdock between 1993 and 2020, burning about 676 acres in total. 39 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 | 39 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MARIETTA #2 |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Philip Volunteer Fire Department | ROSS WILLIAMS |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 2.6 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SOUTH RIVER CA |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Black Hills National Forest | BENNETT CANYON |
| 6 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SOUTH RIVER ROAD |
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 Burdock: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrow Lease | Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burdock in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2005: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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.
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 Burdock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4998305 | 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 1265622. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.