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Maurice, South Dakota

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the North Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57783. It stands on Cleopatra Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maurice quadrangle.

Maurice within Lawrence County

On record in Maurice

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

8 surveys from 19 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Maurice between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,023 acres in total. 45 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
Natural45
Recreation and ceremony41
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWAR EAGLE 2
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMontana/Dakotas State OfficeSHEEPTAIL GULCH
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresBlack Hills National ForestRIM ROCK
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBIG SPRING
4 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestEIGHT BALL
30 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSWARM
2 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNORBERT
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 101 workings within 5 miles of Maurice: 72 past producers, 15 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 4 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Iron HillZinc, Silver, Silica, Manganese, Lead, Iron, Gold, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1881, 1885
Iron Hill MineGold, Silver, Lead, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Vanadinite
Lewis Lime PlantCalciumPast Producer
Lewis Lime QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1900
Moores, False Bottom CreekMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Strawberry Hill MineTalc-SoapstoneProducer
AdelphiaManganese, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1881, 1882
Crown Hill MineSilver, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Minnesota GroupSilver, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Spanish RManganese, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1881, 1882

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Victoria0.6 miles19
Carbonate (historical)1.6 miles20
Ragged Top (historical)2.7 miles18
Preston2.8 miles18
Dacy (historical)3.1 miles18
Savoy3.6 miles18
Trojan5.0 miles17
Maitland5.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1262031. 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.