BlockGray Goose, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Hughes unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57501. The Survey maps it on the Okobojo SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Okobojo SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Onida quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Gray Goose between 2008 and 2018, burning about 194 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SOY BEAN CA X |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | OAHE DAM |
| 6 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 301 |
| 9 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | EAST OAHE CA |
| 26 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SPRING CREEK CA |
| 21 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MA SUNFLOWER |
| 14 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 56 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GREY GOOSE CA |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gray Goose: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Okobojo | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
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 Q122598194 | 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 1261008. 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.