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Englewood, South Dakota

17 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 Ruby Flats. The Survey maps it on the Lead quadrangle.

Englewood within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Englewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,211 acres in total. 47 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
Natural47
Recreation and ceremony29
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1
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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNO. 4
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 201 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 201 workings within 5 miles of Englewood: 126 past producers, 39 producers, 19 unknowns, 7 occurrences. 44 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Durango MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Silver, Wolframite
Durango MineGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Golden Reward MineGold, Silver, TelluriumPast ProducerReplacement
Hidden Fortune MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Hoffman Iron Deposit MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1948
Homestake Filtration PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lead DistrictGold, Tungsten, Barium-Barite, AntimonyProducerREPLACEMENT
Ross Hannibal GroupGold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumPast Producer1890
SlavonianSulfurPast Producer
Slavonian MineSulfur-Pyrite, CopperPast Producer1890

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
Woodville1.6 miles17
Flatiron I (historical)2.2 miles17
Carthage (historical)2.6 miles17
Terry3.1 miles17
Kirk3.2 miles17
Cartesville (historical)3.3 miles17
Carterville (historical)3.5 miles20
Lead4.0 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on EnglewoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709354The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261645. 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.