Gossage Memorial, South Dakota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1957. It stands in Rapid City City. It lies in ZIP code area 57701. It lies near Hangman Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rapid City West quadrangle.
On record in Gossage Memorial
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 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dinosaur Parklisted 1990 · 0.6 miles away
Glenn W. Shaw Houselisted 2002 · 0.8 miles away
Black Hills Model Homelisted 2004 · 0.8 miles away
Zack Holmes Houselisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Swander Bakery Buildinglisted 2001 · 1.0 miles away- Rapid City West Boulevard Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1995 · 0.7 miles away
- Rapid City West Boulevard Historic Districtlisted 1974 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Rapid City West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
298 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Gossage Memorial between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,563 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 113 |
| Natural | 46 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,100 acres | Philip Volunteer Fire Department | VIALIANT |
| 7 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TRANSFORMER |
| 5 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Rapid City Fire Department | 01-3743 |
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rapid City Fire Department | 01-3735 |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WESTBERRY COURT |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SUN RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Gossage Memorial: 14 producers, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hills Materials | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Rapid City Lime Kilns & Quarries | Calcium | Producer | ||
| South Dakota State Cement Plant | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone, Shale | |
| Haydite Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Light Aggregates Inc Kiln | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Dakota Lime & Brick Co Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Everist Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Gyp Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Hills Materials Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hoffman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid City | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Arrowhead Estates | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wildwood Addition | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lakota Homes | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Sioux Village | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Schaeferville | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Colonial Pine Hills | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Twilight Hills Addition | 5.6 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122559050 | The 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 1261734. 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.





