Clarkson Addition, South Dakota

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1957. It stands in the Central Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57702. The Survey maps it on the Rapid City West quadrangle.

Clarkson Addition within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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 Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Rapid City West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

348 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 348 fires within 5 miles of Clarkson Addition between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,129 acres in total. 83 started naturally. 13 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	83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	68
Recreation and ceremony	67
Debris and open burning	56
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Power generation/transmission/distribution	14
Arson/incendiarism	13
Fireworks	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Smoking	3
Firearms and explosives use	3
Other causes	2

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 2009	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
5 September 2001	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	TRANSFORMER
4 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Rapid City Fire Department	01-3731
4 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	UPPER VICTORIA GULCH
3 September 2011	Natural	9.2 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	DEATH CORNER
3 September 2008	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
3 September 2008	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
3 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clarkson Addition: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Black Hills Silica Sand Co Mine	Silica	Prospect
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Perli Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Pennington 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
Colonial Pine Hills	0.6 miles	16
Stratosphere Bowl	2.4 miles	19
Arrowhead Estates	3.3 miles	16
Wildwood Addition	3.3 miles	16
McGee	3.7 miles	18
Rockerville	3.9 miles	19
Hisega	5.0 miles	18
Ridgeland Heights	5.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265094. 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.