BlockFort Randall, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Southeast Gregory unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 68719. The Survey maps it on the Fort Randall Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Fort Randall Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Fort Randall Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Andes quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Fort Randall between 2002 and 2012, burning about 196 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 112 acres | Karl Mundt National Wildlife Refuge | KARL MUNDT |
| 31 July 2005 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 1 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Ravinia Volunteer Fire Department | RIVER HILLS SOUTH OF DAM |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ROBERTSON #7 |
| 19 April 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge | MUNDT04 |
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 1255114. 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.