BlockCouncil House, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lower Brule unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57548. The Survey maps it on the Lower Brule 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 Huron quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Lower Brule quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Big Bend Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
745 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 745 fires within 5 miles of Council House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,720 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 70 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 256 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 178 |
| Debris and open burning | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 55 |
| Smoking | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Other causes | 6 |
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 1998 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Lower Brule Agency | LOOKOUT |
| 8 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Lower Brule Agency | BARN |
| 7 September 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Lower Brule Agency | SUE |
| 7 September 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Lower Brule Agency | SANDY |
| 7 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lower Brule Agency | BRANCH |
| 7 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Lower Brule Agency | COURT |
| 6 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lower Brule Agency | TIRES |
| 6 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lower Brule Agency | POND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261101. 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.