BlockMaxwell Colony, South Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sweet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57059. The Survey maps it on the Scotland quadrangle. 254 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Maxwell Colony
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.
- Old Maxwell Hutterite Colonylisted 1982 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Olivet quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Scotland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Maxwell Colony between 2008 and 2018, burning about 269 acres in total. None 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 | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | COUNTY RD |
| 19 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MAXWELL |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DAN ULMER |
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DITCH |
| 11 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BAUDER HIGH VOLTAGE |
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HUTCHINSON COUNTY |
| 10 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PRESZLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Maxwell Colony: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Buchman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Donald E.Hebbert Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John Grajek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivet | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Menno | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kaylor | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wolf Creek | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tschetter Colony | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Freeman | 15.7 miles | 11 | |
| Tripp | 17.8 miles | 11 | |
| Clayton | 18.1 miles | 12 |
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 Maxwell Colony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108760262 | 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 1256359. 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.