Jeffrey, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Corson unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57658. It lies near Rattlesnake Butte. The Survey maps it on the Wakpala quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jeffrey within Corson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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 McIntosh quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Wakpala quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Mobridge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

122 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Jeffrey (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,859 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 27 were 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
Arson/incendiarism	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	27
Debris and open burning	23
Natural	11
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Fireworks	6
Other causes	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Recreation and ceremony	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
26 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Standing Rock Agency	TIRE
25 September 2014	Other causes	40 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WHEAT STUBLE BURN
23 September 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	5.0 acres	Standing Rock Agency	WEST TRACK
20 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Standing Rock Agency	TRAIL
11 September 2012	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Standing Rock Agency	RAILROAD 2
11 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Standing Rock Agency	BUCK BRUSH
1 September 2001	Natural	30 acres	McLaughlin Volunteer Fire Department	DAVE HARRISON
6 August 2005	Other causes	30 acres	Standing Rock Agency	RED TAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Corson County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wakpala	5.2 miles	8
Mahto	5.7 miles	7
Snake Creek	9.6 miles	8
Kenel	11.3 miles	8
Little Eagle	12.4 miles	8
McLaughlin	13.7 miles	8
Maple Leaf	21.6 miles	7
Bullhead	26.7 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264528. 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.