BlockIgloo, South Dakota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Provo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57735. It stands on Softwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Provo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Edgemont quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Provo quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Igloo between 1996 and 2020, burning about 3,911 acres in total. 12 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 | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Edgemont Volunteer Fire Department | BHPL |
| 18 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Edgemont Volunteer Fire Department | HUDSON HILL |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Edgemont Volunteer Fire Department | COTTONWOOD |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 318 acres | Nebraska National Forest | BURNING GROUND |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 August 2003 | Natural | 1,155 acres | Nebraska National Forest | COTTONWOOD CREEK |
| 29 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
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 Igloo: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosebud Sioux L-40 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 1261859. 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.