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Danoby, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the West Custer unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57730. It lies near Danby Park. The Survey maps it on the Berne quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Danoby within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Danoby (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,199 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 2 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
Natural49
Debris and open burning34
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestWINDMILL
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestROUND
5 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLOWER LIGHTNING
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLIGHTNING CREEK
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBUGTOWN
3 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestDANBY
13 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestY-4
12 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLINDSTROM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 99 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 99 workings within 5 miles of Danoby (historical): 65 past producers, 17 prospects, 14 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Gold, Silver, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Spar MineFluorine-FluoriteProducer
Big Spar No. 1 MineFeldspar, Mica, BerylliumPast ProducerBeryl, Muscovite
Black Diamond Pennington CountyTungstenOccurrenceVein
Crown MineMica, Beryllium, Feldspar, TantalumPast Producer1879
Eruption LodeLithium, Beryllium, Feldspar, MicaPast ProducerAmblygonite, Beryl, Feldspar, Muscovite
Highland LodeTantalum, Niobium (Columbium), MicaPast Producer
Highview ProspectBeryllium, Mica, LithiumPast ProducerAmblygonite, Beryl, Lithiophilite, Muscovite, Spodumene
Keystone LodeMica, Beryllium, LithiumOccurrenceAmblygonite, Beryl, Muscovite
Rainbow No. 4 ClaimMica, Feldspar, BerylliumPast ProducerBeryl, Feldspar, Mica
Rough RiderSilver, GoldPast Producer1900

Every working recorded in Custer 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fourmile4.2 miles17
Vestal Springs4.4 miles18
Junction Ranger Station5.3 miles18
Berne5.8 miles18
Custer7.1 miles19
Sanator8.6 miles16
Sylvan Lake Resort10.2 miles19
Nihart11.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264635. 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.