BlockClearfield Colony, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Choteau Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57330. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood Colony quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Greenwood Colony quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Andes quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
20 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Clearfield Colony between 2000 and 2015, burning about 308 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Yankton Agency | WALAKE1 |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Yankton Agency | 31 COURNOYER |
| 13 September 2005 | Natural | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 10 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | POWERS DENNIS |
| 9 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DED |
| 12 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 37 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 63 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clearfield Colony: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Putwill Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Leonard Stole Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Otto Wormsbecker Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dante | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Wagner | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ravinia | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lake View Colony | 17.8 miles | 10 | |
| Marty | 18.3 miles | 10 | |
| Dezera | 19.1 miles | 11 | |
| Greenwood | 20.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Andes | 21.2 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558870 | The 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 2724455. 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.