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Marietta, South Dakota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Southwest Fall River unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57735. It lies near Bennett Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Burdock quadrangle.

Marietta within Fall River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Marietta between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,818 acres in total. 42 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
Natural42
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
5 September 2005Natural12 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSISTERS #3
5 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestDRIFTWOOD
4 September 2016Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBURLINGTON DAM
4 September 1995Natural5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMARIETTA #2
13 September 1994Natural30 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBREAKNECK HILL
9 August 2003Natural80 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionD TOMPSON
9 August 1998Naturalunder an acrePhilip Volunteer Fire DepartmentROSS WILLIAMS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fall River County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Marietta: 38 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marietta Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Apple PieUraniumPast Producer
BarberUraniumPast Producer
Barker and HowellUraniumPast Producer
Bear LodgeUraniumPast Producer
BitsUraniumPast Producer
Blue ChipUraniumOccurrence
Coal Canyon 6deUraniumPast Producer
Coal Canyon LodeUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fall River 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
Burdock5.8 miles14
Dudley7.7 miles16
Edgemont8.0 miles16
Dennis9.4 miles16
Minnekahta12.5 miles15
Igloo13.5 miles13
Provo14.7 miles13
Rocky Ford18.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1262021. 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.