BlockClough, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Belle Fourche-Cheyenne Valleys unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57787. The Survey maps it on the Fairpoint SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fairpoint SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Camp Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Clough between 2006 and 2020, burning about 322 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 220 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WILCOX CROUGER |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SPRING |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KETELSON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Center | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Haydraw | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Fairpoint | 11.7 miles | 7 | |
| Enning | 12.8 miles | 8 | |
| Stoneville | 13.3 miles | 7 | |
| Hereford | 14.1 miles | 7 | |
| Redowl | 15.6 miles | 7 | |
| Boneita Springs | 15.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1260958. 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.