BlockKones Corner, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Castlewood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57223. The Survey maps it on the Castlewood 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
- 1969 USGS Castlewood quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Kones Corner between 2008 and 2016, burning about 300 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 26 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STORMO GRASS FIRE |
| 22 April 2008 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 21 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RASMUSSEN |
| 27 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TASCHNER |
| 24 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STORMO |
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 Kones Corner: 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 | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castlewood | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Thomas | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hayti | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Claremont Colony | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Stone Bridge | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Alsville | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dempster | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Norden | 11.7 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 Q122590358 | 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 1261028. 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.