BlockHill Side, South Dakota
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Emmet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57004. The Survey maps it on the Alsen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1898 USGS Elk Point quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Elk Point quadrangle1:125000
- 1907 USGS Elk Point quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alsen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Sioux City North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Hill Side between 1999 and 2020, burning about 139 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | EMMET TWP. |
| 6 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alcester Volunteer Fire Department | BRULE |
| 29 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alcester Volunteer Fire Department | DIRT ROAD |
| 21 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MM35 |
| 18 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SLUTIER |
| 5 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alcester Volunteer Fire Department | STAR SCHOOL |
| 27 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I-29 |
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 Hill Side: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seburn Gravel Pit | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261016. 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.