BlockCrow Creek, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Crow Creek unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57370. The Survey maps it on the Shelby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Pukwana quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Pukwana quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Chamberlain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Crow Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,096 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 66 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Crow Creek Agency | PETERSON |
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Crow Creek Agency | HILLSIDE |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Crow Creek Agency | JUNKYARD |
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Crow Creek Agency | CROWCREEK |
| 27 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Crow Creek Agency | LADYBUG |
| 24 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Crow Creek Agency | C.C.DUMP |
| 23 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 7.0 acres | Crow Creek Agency | OAKS |
| 23 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Crow Creek Agency | RED HAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Crow Creek: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedashosha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lees Corner | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Gannvalley | 13.6 miles | 7 | |
| Fort Thompson | 13.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1266636. 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.