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Elmore, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the South Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57754. It lies near Jackass Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Savoy quadrangle.

Elmore within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Elmore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,244 acres in total. 45 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
Natural45
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony15
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWAR EAGLE 2
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCHEYENNE
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestICEBOX 2
4 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestHORSE
28 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHIGH RIDGE
27 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDEER MOUNTAIN
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTERRY
13 September 2017Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestWILDCAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 141 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 141 workings within 5 miles of Elmore: 108 past producers, 18 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 3 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Golden Reward MineGold, Silver, TelluriumPast ProducerReplacement
Moores, False Bottom CreekMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Ross Hannibal GroupGold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumPast Producer1890
Decorah MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Gushurst and ManchesterLeadPast Producer
Crown HillTungsten, SilverPast Producer
DakotaTungsten, SilverUnknown
Eva H & Silver Tongue M.S.1144Gold, TungstenOccurrence
False Bottom ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Hardscrabble MineGold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Cheyenne Crossing1.6 miles17
Dacy (historical)2.9 miles18
Preston2.9 miles18
Ragged Top (historical)3.0 miles18
Trojan3.2 miles17
Savoy3.5 miles18
Terry3.9 miles17
Carthage (historical)4.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261642. 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.