Dumont, South Dakota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1957. It stands in the South Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57754. The Survey maps it on the Nahant quadrangle.
On record in Dumont
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Buskala, Henry Ranchlisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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
- 1901 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nahant quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Dumont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,107 acres in total. 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | WILBUR |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | LOOSE BOOT |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | NO. 4 |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | CHEYENNE |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | ICEBOX 2 |
| 4 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | HORSE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | APPLEBEES |
| 27 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WOODVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dumont: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda Mining Company | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Gold, Silver | |
| Alameda | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Homestake | Gold, Silver | Producer | 1876, 1974 | |
| Tilson Gulch Bog Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tilson Gulch Bog Iron Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1893 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dumont in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanna | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Englewood | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Woodville | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Nahant | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cheyenne Crossing | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Brownsville (historical) | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Gregory (historical) | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Flatiron I (historical) | 6.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261600. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





