BlockEakin, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Sully unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57522. The Survey maps it on the Onida SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Onida SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Onida quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Eakin between 2002 and 2017, burning about 187 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | YACKELY |
| 10 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GROSS / BUHLER |
| 15 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JUNIOR |
| 5 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Onida Volunteer Fire Department | STEVE YOCKLEY |
| 30 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GROSS |
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 1261105. 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.