BlockMawl Springs, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the East Central Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57761. The Survey maps it on the New Underwood 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 New Underwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS New Underwood quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Mawl Springs between 2000 and 2020, burning about 897 acres in total. 2 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 | 36 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Pennington County | HW 44 |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CROSBIE |
| 15 September 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TOMTIE |
| 14 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 158 COUNTY ASSIST |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 1416 FIRE |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CROSBIE |
| 6 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SPRING DRAW |
| 24 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SIMMONS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mawl Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesar Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Underwood | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Farmingdale | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wicksville | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Caputa | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Owanka | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Creston | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Box Elder | 14.3 miles | 16 | |
| Green Valley | 16.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122542360 | 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 1261040. 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.