BlockKampeska, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kampeska Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57201. The Survey maps it on the Kampeska quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Kampeska quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Kampeska between 1999 and 2012, burning about 834 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KLATT FIRE |
| 21 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 17226 447TH AVE |
| 7 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Watertown Volunteer Fire Department | PELICAN PLAZA |
| 5 July 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SIMONTON FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| North Shore | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Foley | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Green Trees Subdivision | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Watertown | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Henry | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rauville | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Appleby | 12.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q122562226 | 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 1265265. 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.