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Galena, South Dakota

20 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 57732. It lies near Butcher Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Deadwood South quadrangle. It stands 4,790 feet above sea level.

Galena within Lawrence County

On record in Galena

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Galena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,463 acres in total. 46 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
Natural46
Debris and open burning30
Recreation and ceremony23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
6 September 2005Natural1.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestTHOMPSON
6 September 2005Natural1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBUTCHER
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestUGLY SNAG
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTAN
5 September 1995Natural2.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestANCHOR HILL
30 September 2007Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBEEMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 104 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 104 workings within 5 miles of Galena: 79 past producers, 10 unknowns, 6 prospects, 5 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead, Lead. 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
Anaconda MineGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1878
Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc.Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1878, 1937
Belle Eldridge Gold MinesGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1890
Bion MineGold, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Double Rainbow Or Richmond - Sitting BullZinc, Gold, Lead, SilverProducerChalcopyrite
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Groshong MineSilver, Lead, VanadiumPast ProducerReplacement
Hardin PropertiesGold, Iron, SulfurOccurrence
Hoffman Iron Deposit MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1948
Horseshoe - Comet MineSilver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerReplacement

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

31 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galena in 31 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 27 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008FloodGalena$1,000,000Heavy rain caused flooding in Whitewood and Spearfish. Water covered Highway 85 south of Interstate 90. Flooding was observed along Whitewood Creek, False Bottom Creek, Bear Butte Creek, Spearfish Creek, and their tributaries.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGalena-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGalena-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGalena-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph at Brownsville.
August 2024HailGalena-no account filed
August 2024HailGalena-no account filed
August 2024HailGalena-no account filed
June 2020HailGalena-no account filed
June 2020HailGalena-no account filed
June 2020HailGalena-no account filed
August 2019HailGalena-no account filed
August 2018HailGalena-no account filed
June 2018HailGalena-no account filed
June 2018HailGalena-no account filed
July 2018HailGalena-no account filed
July 2018HailGalena-no account filed
July 2016HailGalena-no account filed
July 2015HailGalena-no account filed
July 2015HailGalena-no account filed
July 2013HailGalena-no account filed
July 2012HailGalena-no account filed
June 2010HailGalena-no account filed
July 2010HailGalena-no account filed
July 2008HailGalena-no account filed
August 2007HailGalena-no account filed
August 2007HailGalena-no account filed
August 2007HailGalena-no account filed
August 2007HailGalena-no account filed
August 2006HailGalena-no account filed
August 2005HailGalena-no account filed
July 2003HailGalena-no account filed

Every storm 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
Virginia (historical)0.7 miles20
Roubaix4.2 miles20
Boulder Canyon4.8 miles18
Brownsville (historical)4.9 miles20
Elizabethtown (historical)5.0 miles19
Chinatown5.3 miles19
Pluma5.4 miles20
Deadwood5.6 miles19

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 GalenaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15221299The 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 1265226. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.