BlockDiamond, South Dakota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harmon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57260. It lies near Skunk Island. The Survey maps it on the Beardsley NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Beardsley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Beardsley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Beardsley NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Beardsley NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Diamond between 2001 and 2004, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | LAKETRAVER |
| 5 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | LAKE T |
| 2 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | NORWOOD |
| 16 November 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sisseton Agency | LAKTRAVBAL |
| 24 October 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Sisseton Agency | CHERRY |
| 20 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | REZ BRIDGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosholt | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Victor | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| White Rock Colony | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| White Rock | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| New Effington | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hiawatha Beach | 18.7 miles | 8 | |
| Madsen Beach | 19.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hammer | 19.3 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261104. 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.