Carthage, South Dakota

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the South Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57754. It lies near Stewart Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Lead quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Carthage within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

1894 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Spearfish quadrangle1:62500
1901 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1915 USGS Spearfish quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1916 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Lead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Carthage (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,219 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 2 were 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	46
Recreation and ceremony	29
Debris and open burning	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Power generation/transmission/distribution	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Other causes	2
Fireworks	2
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 2000	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WAR EAGLE 2
8 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
7 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Montana/Dakotas State Office	SHEEPTAIL GULCH
7 September 1996	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	PARTY
6 September 1997	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	PARTY
5 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	NO. 4
5 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	CHEYENNE
4 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	ICEBOX 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 247 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 247 workings within 5 miles of Carthage (historical): 165 past producers, 38 producers, 25 unknowns, 9 occurrences. 44 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Durango Mine	Tungsten, Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold, Silver, Wolframite
Golden Reward Mine	Gold, Silver, Tellurium	Past Producer	Replacement
Hidden Fortune Mine	Tungsten, Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Replacement
Homestake Filtration Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Montezuma and the Whizzers Mine	Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Copper	Past Producer	Replacement
Moores, False Bottom Creek	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Ross Hannibal Group	Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium	Past Producer	1890
Alder Creek Gold Mining Company	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer	Gold, Silver
Bismarck Property	Gold, Tungsten	Past Producer
Deadwood Tungsten Property	Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Terry	0.5 miles	17
Kirk	1.2 miles	17
Trojan	1.7 miles	17
Flatiron I (historical)	2.2 miles	17
Englewood	2.6 miles	17
Lead	2.8 miles	17
Cartesville (historical)	2.8 miles	17
Central City	3.1 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264569. 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.