Creston, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Central Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57725. It lies near Dipping Vat Draw. The Survey maps it on the Creston quadrangle.

Creston within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Creston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1981 USGS Wall quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Creston between 1999 and 2017, burning about 1,318 acres in total. 13 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	13
Recreation and ceremony	1
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
12 September 2017	Natural	15 acres	Nebraska National Forest	COLD DRAW
9 August 2010	Natural	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	COUNTY LINIE
9 August 2010	Natural	14 acres	Nebraska National Forest	COLE
7 August 2005	Natural	16 acres	Nebraska National Forest	COLE 3
7 August 2005	Natural	5.0 acres	Nebraska National Forest	COLE 2
7 August 2005	Natural	12 acres	Nebraska National Forest	COLE 1
22 August 2011	Natural	3.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	CRESTON RD
29 July 2004	Natural	5.0 acres	Nebraska National Forest	COLE DRAW

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Creston: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
	Everist Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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
Owanka	9.7 miles	9
Farmingdale	10.4 miles	8
Scenic	11.8 miles	10
Mawl Springs	13.3 miles	8
Wicksville	14.1 miles	9
New Underwood	14.6 miles	8
Caputa	16.1 miles	8
Wasta	17.3 miles	8

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 Creston	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709343	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 1261505. 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.