BlockMarshalltown, South Dakota
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Garfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57069. The Survey maps it on the Hub City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1898 USGS Elk Point quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Elk Point quadrangle1:125000
- 1907 USGS Elk Point quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Hub City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Sioux City North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Marshalltown (historical) between 1998 and 2014, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Vermillion Volunteer Fire Department | HUOT |
| 8 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Vermillion Volunteer Fire Department | SAMMELSON |
| 4 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RICHLAND |
| 25 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SCHMIT |
| 1 May 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alcester Volunteer Fire Department | WEST INTERSTATE |
| 4 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Vermillion Volunteer Fire Department | BURBACH |
| 13 December 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Lake Preston Volunteer Fire Department | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hub City | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Clay Point | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Dalesburg | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bloomingdale | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lodi | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Greenfield | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Westreville | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Komstad (historical) | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264501. 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.