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Cheyenne Crossing, 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 stands on East Spearfish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lead quadrangle.

Cheyenne Crossing 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.

Fires near this place

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Cheyenne Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,277 acres in total. 55 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
Natural55
Recreation and ceremony20
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2

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
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestINTAKE
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLOOSE BOOT
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNO. 4
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCHEYENNE
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestICEBOX 2
4 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestHORSE
28 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHIGH RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 126 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 126 workings within 5 miles of Cheyenne Crossing: 98 past producers, 17 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 3 plants. 5 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Golden Reward MineGold, Silver, TelluriumPast ProducerReplacement
Ross Hannibal GroupGold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumPast Producer1890
Crown HillTungsten, SilverPast Producer
DakotaTungsten, SilverUnknown
Decorah MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Gushurst and ManchesterLeadPast Producer
Hardscrabble MineGold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerVein
Ulster MineGold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1897
Alpha-Platus MineSilver, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Ben Hur MineSilver, GoldPast Producer1898

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

46 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cheyenne Crossing in 46 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 34 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCheyenne Crossing1 hurtA woman was seriously injured from a tree falling on a camper at the Timon Campground.
June 2011HailCheyenne Crossing$10,000no account filed
August 2015Tornado (EF1)Cheyenne Crossing$5,000A small tornado touched down west of Iron Creek Lake. It blew down and snapped aspen, birch, and ponderosa pine trees.
August 2013HailCheyenne Crossing$2,000Large hail dented an automobile and broke a skylight in a trailer.
June 2025HailCheyenne Crossing-Measured report from observer.
August 2025HailCheyenne Crossing-Quarter size hail report.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCheyenne Crossing-Power lines and trees were downed over US Highway 14A between Cheyenne Crossing and Savoy.
July 2020Tornado (EF1)Cheyenne Crossing-The tornado tracked across forested terrain of the northern Black Hills for 15.5 miles. Many trees were snapped or uprooted along its path. Although the tornado itself did not cause property damage, trees were blown down onto houses and power lines.
June 2018Tornado (EF1)Cheyenne Crossing-The tornado tracked east from Wyoming across the northwestern Black Hills. The tornado snapped trees and caused minor structural damage. The total path length was almost 20 miles.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCheyenne Crossing-A tree was blown over onto US Highway 85.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCheyenne Crossing-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
August 2010HailCheyenne Crossing-Quarter sized hail fell at Savoy in Spearfish Canyon.
August 2024HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2023HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2021HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
August 2021HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2020HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2020HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2019HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
August 2019HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
August 2019HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
September 2019HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2017HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2016HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2015HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2013HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
August 2013HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
August 2013HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2012HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2012HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
August 2012HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2011HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
October 2010Heavy RainCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2008HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2008Flash FloodCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2004HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
May 2003HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2003HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
June 2001HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2001HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 2001HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
August 1999HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed
July 1998HailCheyenne Crossing-no account filed

Every storm 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
Elmore1.6 miles18
Hanna2.7 miles17
Trojan3.6 miles17
Terry3.8 miles17
Carthage (historical)4.0 miles17
Preston4.4 miles18
Ragged Top (historical)4.5 miles18
Englewood4.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265155. 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.