Marcus, South Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Belle Fourche-Cheyenne Valleys unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57792. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marcus quadrangle.
On record in Marcus
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 1 record
- H O Ranch Log Houselisted 1990
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Marcus quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Camp Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Marcus between 1993 and 2016, burning about 4,536 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Smoking | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CAMPTON |
| 12 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Enning Volunteer Fire Department | KING |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | 2,000 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RED OWL |
| 1 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,300 acres | Opal Volunteer Fire Department | WICKS |
| 1 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 870 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | MARCU |
| 6 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SCHULTZ |
| 31 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Opal Volunteer Fire Department | SIMON/JORDAN |
| 29 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Enning Volunteer Fire Department | SCHULTZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcus in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | $3,000 | Roofs were blown off several buildings. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | - | Large ash tree was snapped in half by the wind. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Marcus | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Marcus | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Marcus | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Marcus | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Marcus | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Marcus | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Marcus | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Marcus | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marcus | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| White Owl | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Howes | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Redowl | 15.1 miles | 7 | |
| Enning | 16.4 miles | 8 | |
| Avance (historical) | 18.0 miles | 7 | |
| Opal | 18.7 miles | 7 | |
| Stoneville | 20.9 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Marcus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23709398 | 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 1256322. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



