Jamesville Colony, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jamesville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57067. The Survey maps it on the Jamesville quadrangle.
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.
- 1898 USGS Parker quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jamesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Jamesville Colony between 1999 and 2019, burning about 932 acres in total. 1 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 14ARF26 |
| 21 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GOEKEN FIRE |
| 18 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 2 MILE BALE FIRE |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KEEPEN FIRE |
| 5 July 2008 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 25 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JENSON |
| 24 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GALL FIRE 2 |
| 16 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FORTUNE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Jamesville Colony: 5 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hauck Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nels Nelson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peterson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sigel Gravel Pit | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamesville | 0.1 miles | 11 | |
| Vedin Corner | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Midway | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lesterville | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Utica | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mayfield | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pearsons Corner | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Napa Junction | 11.3 miles | 9 |
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 Q122563475 | 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 2724464. 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.




