BlockCameron Colony, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Spring Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57070. The Survey maps it on the Turkey Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1898 USGS Parker quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Turkey Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Cameron Colony between 1999 and 2014, burning about 679 acres in total. None 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LOST |
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NELSON DITCH FIRE |
| 3 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 14ARF25 |
| 19 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 250 acres | Philip Volunteer Fire Department | FORTUNE |
| 6 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Turner County | SMALLSPOT |
| 16 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | REPEAT |
| 29 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Turkey Ridge | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Viborg | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hurley | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hooker | 12.6 miles | 11 | |
| Davis | 14.9 miles | 10 | |
| Parker | 15.9 miles | 11 | |
| Marion | 16.2 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555747 | 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 2724453. 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.