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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.

Kennedyville within Pennington County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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.

Fires near this place

309 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural88
Recreation and ceremony62
Debris and open burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Fireworks12
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestTIN MILL
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National Forest650 ROAD
7 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCALUMET DRAW
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLOG CABIN
6 September 2001Naturalunder an acreMount Rushmore National MemorialLONE PINE
6 September 2000Natural15 acresBlack Hills National ForestSHERIDAN 2
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNORTH SHORE
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestMIRACLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 167 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Annie No. 1 LodeTungsten, Tin, Mica, Feldspar, GraphitePast ProducerCassiterite, Feldspar, Graphite, Muscovite, Wolframite
Big ShotFeldspar, Beryllium, MicaOccurrenceBeryl, Feldspar, Mica
Century Lode ClaimLithium, TinPast ProducerAmblygonite, Cassiterite, Spodumene
Dan PatchTantalum, Niobium (Columbium), MicaPast Producer
Dan Patch GroupFeldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Tantalum, ZincPast Producer1905
Dewey Mine MS 1699Mica, Feldspar, LithiumPast Producer
El DoradoGold, Tin, Tungsten, SilverPast Producer1890
El Dorado MS 2014Gold, Tungsten, Tin, SilverPast Producer
First Find LodeTin, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)OccurrenceCassiterite
General HarneyTin, Mica, Beryllium, FeldsparPast ProducerBeryl, Cassiterite, Mica

Every working recorded in Pennington 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hill City2.8 miles20
Sheridan (historical)4.7 miles21
Reno5.0 miles20
Clara Belle Camp (historical)5.6 miles19
Keystone5.9 miles21
Oreville6.5 miles19
Tigerville7.2 miles21
Harney7.5 miles21

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.