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Carbonate, South Dakota

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the North Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57783. It stands on Cole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spearfish quadrangle. It stands 5,558 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Carbonate within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

121 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Carbonate (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,170 acres in total. 40 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
Natural40
Recreation and ceremony34
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking3
Firearms and explosives use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWAR EAGLE 2
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMontana/Dakotas State OfficeSHEEPTAIL GULCH
30 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSWARM
28 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHIGH RIDGE
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
2 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNORBERT
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 167 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 167 workings within 5 miles of Carbonate (historical): 101 past producers, 38 producers, 17 unknowns, 7 occurrences. 41 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Iron HillZinc, Silver, Silica, Manganese, Lead, Iron, Gold, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1881, 1885
Iron Hill MineGold, Silver, Lead, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Vanadinite
Lewis Lime PlantCalciumPast Producer
Lewis Lime QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1900
Moores, False Bottom CreekMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Strawberry Hill MineTalc-SoapstoneProducer
AdelphiaManganese, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1881, 1882
Spanish RManganese, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1881, 1882
Seabury-CalkinsSilver, Manganese, Lead, GoldPast Producer1881, 1882
Segregated Iron HillSilver, Manganese, Lead, GoldPast Producer1881, 1882

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Maurice1.6 miles19
Victoria2.1 miles19
Ragged Top (historical)2.9 miles18
Preston3.1 miles18
Maitland3.6 miles20
Dacy (historical)3.8 miles18
Trojan4.3 miles17
Savoy4.7 miles18

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 Carbonate (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709698The 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 1264574. 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.