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Fairview, South Dakota

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the West Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57745. It lies near Cluder Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Rochford quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fairview within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Fairview (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 56 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
Natural56
Recreation and ceremony44
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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 2013Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestTRESTLE
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestBROAD GULCH
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestGIMLET
8 September 2004Natural2.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestMCINERNY
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestMASCOT
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCASTLE
4 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHAVEN
30 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNOT ENOUGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Fairview (historical): 33 past producers, 11 occurrences, 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Iron. 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
Alexander LodeGold, Antimony, Lead, SilverOccurrenceVein
Calabogia MineSilver, LeadPast ProducerVein
Carbon King GroupGraphiteOccurrenceVein
Diana MineGold, Silver, Antimony, LeadPast ProducerJamesonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Duggans ShaftLead, Silver, Gold, AntimonyProspect
Grand View MineLead, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
HomelodeGold, Silver, Lead, AntimonyPast ProducerVein
Jenny Gulch MineGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Jenny Gulch MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Duggan's ShaftLead, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Pennington 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
Mystic1.8 miles16
Castleton (historical)2.5 miles16
Canyon City (historical)2.7 miles15
Rochford3.9 miles16
Myersville4.6 miles16
Silver City4.8 miles15
Merritt5.2 miles17
Redfern6.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264597. 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.