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Gayville, 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 Blacktail Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Lead quadrangle.

Gayville within Lawrence County

On record in Gayville

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Gayville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,445 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 burning29
Recreation and ceremony22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMontana/Dakotas State OfficeSHEEPTAIL GULCH
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
5 September 1995Natural2.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestANCHOR HILL
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestWHITEWOOD PEAK
30 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSKATEBOARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 266 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 266 workings within 5 miles of Gayville: 176 past producers, 43 producers, 25 unknowns, 11 occurrences. 49 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
Alpine - Strawberry Mining Co.Gold, MercuryPast ProducerPlacer
Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc.Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1878, 1937
Belle Eldridge Gold MinesGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1890
Custer Peak PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Durango MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Silver, Wolframite
Golden Reward MineGold, Silver, TelluriumPast ProducerReplacement
Hardin PropertiesGold, Iron, SulfurOccurrence
Hidden Fortune MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Homestake Filtration PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Iron PitSodiumProducer

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
Blacktail0.1 miles17
Terraville0.6 miles17
Central City0.7 miles17
Lancaster City (historical)0.9 miles20
Lead1.3 miles17
Pluma1.4 miles20
Deadwood1.7 miles19
Chinatown2.1 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 GayvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19878201The 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 1264695. 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.