Crook City, South Dakota
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the North Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57793. The Survey maps it on the Deadwood North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1894 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Sturgis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Sturgis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Deadwood North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Crook City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,784 acres in total. 59 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 | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WILSON |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I-90 |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | WHITEWOOD PEAK |
| 28 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ASPEN HOLLOW |
| 28 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SAWMILL FIRE |
| 11 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 8 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 200TH CA |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ACORN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Crook City: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine - Strawberry Mining Co. | Gold, Mercury | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Cole Construction Company | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Sundstrom Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wells Fargo MS 946 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cole Construction Co | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Cole Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Deadwood-Heidelberg Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1911 | |
| Mascot Mining Co. Mine | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial City (historical) | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Whitewood | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Boulder Canyon | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Elizabethtown (historical) | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Chinatown | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Deadwood | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Galena | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Pluma | 8.0 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265170. 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.







