Kennedyville, South Dakota
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the West Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57745. It lies near Hay Draw. The Survey maps it on the Hill City quadrangle.
On record in Kennedyville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Golden Summit Mine Foreman's Cabinlisted 2012 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1896 USGS Harney Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Harney Peak quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Hill City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Custer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Mount Rushmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Hill City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
309 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Kennedyville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,233 acres in total. 88 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 88 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | TIN MILL |
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | 650 ROAD |
| 7 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | CALUMET DRAW |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | LOG CABIN |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Mount Rushmore National Memorial | LONE PINE |
| 6 September 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Black Hills National Forest | SHERIDAN 2 |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | NORTH SHORE |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | MIRACLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 167 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 167 workings within 5 miles of Kennedyville: 82 past producers, 45 occurrences, 31 prospects, 5 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tin, Tungsten, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie No. 1 Lode | Tungsten, Tin, Mica, Feldspar, Graphite | Past Producer | Cassiterite, Feldspar, Graphite, Muscovite, Wolframite | |
| Big Shot | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica | Occurrence | Beryl, Feldspar, Mica | |
| Century Lode Claim | Lithium, Tin | Past Producer | Amblygonite, Cassiterite, Spodumene | |
| Dan Patch | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Dan Patch Group | Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Tantalum, Zinc | Past Producer | 1905 | |
| Dewey Mine MS 1699 | Mica, Feldspar, Lithium | Past Producer | ||
| El Dorado | Gold, Tin, Tungsten, Silver | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| El Dorado MS 2014 | Gold, Tungsten, Tin, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| First Find Lode | Tin, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | Cassiterite | |
| General Harney | Tin, Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar | Past Producer | Beryl, Cassiterite, Mica |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill City | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Sheridan (historical) | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Reno | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Clara Belle Camp (historical) | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Keystone | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Oreville | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Tigerville | 7.2 miles | 21 | |
| Harney | 7.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1269137. 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.






