Carwye, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1958. It stands in the Southwest Meade unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57769. It lies near Stagebarn Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Carwye within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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.

1893 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1898 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1903 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Carwye (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,361 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 1 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	74
Debris and open burning	30
Recreation and ceremony	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Fireworks	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	1
Arson/incendiarism	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 2010	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	STEAMBOAT
7 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	SOMERSET
5 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Meade	CHESTNUT FIRE
4 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	STAGEBARN RIDGE
4 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WESTBERRY 2
30 September 2015	Natural	2.5 acres	Black Hills National Forest	STAGEBARN
29 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	HOGBACK
29 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	EDGEWOOD 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Carwye (historical): 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Iron, Limestone, General. 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
Alverson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Cf&I Pit	Iron	Producer
Double Rainbow	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer	1876, 1881
Homestake Limestone Quarry Mine	Limestone, General	Past Producer	1904
Doyle Lime Plant and Quarry	Calcium	Past Producer
Homestake Min Co Limestone Quarry	Calcium	Past Producer
U S Gypsum Co Piedmont Operation	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
U.S. Gypsum	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer	Gypsum

Every working recorded in Meade 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
Piedmont	1.8 miles	18
Goiens (historical)	2.4 miles	18
Wonderland Homes	4.4 miles	16
Summerset	4.7 miles	16
Tilford	5.4 miles	16
Blackhawk	7.8 miles	16
Runkel (historical)	8.0 miles	20
Buffalo Chip	13.3 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264610. 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.