BlockHuron Colony, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake Byron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57350. It stands on Foster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Byron quadrangle. 2 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1895 USGS Byron quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lake Byron quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Redfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Huron Colony between 1999 and 2020, burning about 106 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TSCHETTER |
| 10 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron Volunteer Fire Dept. | HWY37 |
| 25 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Huron Volunteer Fire Dept. | DARRELL HOFER |
| 26 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Huron Volunteer Fire Dept. | HURON RURAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Colony | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Broadland | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hitchcock | 11.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sheffield | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| James Valley Junction | 13.5 miles | 9 | |
| Morningside | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| Shamrock Colony | 13.8 miles | 8 | |
| Huron | 13.9 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Huron Colony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108672716 | 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 1255724. 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.