Colonial Pine Hills, 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. 1,903 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,078 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresColonial Pine Hills fell from 2,493 to 1,903 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,493 | |
| 2020 | 1,903 | -590 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 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
331 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Pine Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,662 acres in total. 81 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 | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| 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:
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 Colonial Pine Hills: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills Silica Sand Co Mine | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Perli Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson Addition | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Stratosphere Bowl | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Arrowhead Estates | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wildwood Addition | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Rockerville | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| McGee | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Gossage Memorial | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hisega | 5.6 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Colonial Pine Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2365993 | 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 1867535. 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.





