BlockGrindstone, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Haakon unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57775. The Survey maps it on the Grindstone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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
- 1983 USGS Grindstone quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Grindstone between 2003 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2017 | Natural | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KENNEDY |
| 26 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JOHNSON FIRE |
| 13 July 2003 | Natural | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 1 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TERKILDSEN |
| 13 June 2003 | Natural | 80 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BOB THORNSON |
| 28 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DAWLEY |
| 26 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grindstone in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2005: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilland | 11.5 miles | 6 | |
| Dowling (historical) | 13.4 miles | 6 | |
| Elevenmile Corner | 16.4 miles | 6 | |
| Philip | 17.4 miles | 7 | |
| Elbon | 17.7 miles | 6 | |
| Hartley | 19.9 miles | 6 | |
| Billsburg | 23.6 miles | 6 | |
| Lucerne | 24.4 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1255373. 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.
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.