BlockHiawatha Beach, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57279. The Survey maps it on the Big Stone Lake West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Stone Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Big Stone Lake West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hiawatha Beach between 2000 and 2019, burning about 83 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 12 June 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Waubay National Wildlife Refuge | REMUND |
| 4 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 15 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LARRY PEZEL |
| 4 November 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | VOSBERG FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hiawatha Beach: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sibson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madsen Beach | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| South Dakota Park | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hartford Beach | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Linden Beach | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Wilmot | 7.4 miles | 6 | |
| Shady Beach | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Corona | 9.4 miles | 6 | |
| Peever Flats | 10.8 miles | 12 |
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 Q122589535 | 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 1255529. 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.