BlockDevoe, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Devoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57435. The Survey maps it on the Cresbard SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1899 USGS Northville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cresbard SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
256 words on this townshipHistory of Faulk County, South Dakota, Together with Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Prominent Citizens, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Devoe Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Devoe Township - 256 words.
Fires near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Devoe between 2000 and 2018, burning about 156 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CELL PHONE FIRE |
| 30 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 31 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | OCHSNER TREE FIRE |
| 31 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cresbard Volunteer Fire Department | DUMP |
| 6 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Cresbard Volunteer Fire Department | STEVE SWANHORST |
| 8 October 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
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 1260998. 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.