Maywood, South Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Worthen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57334. The Survey maps it on the Ethan quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Maywood within Hanson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1899 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Ethan quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Salem quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

30 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Maywood (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 498 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
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
16 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	YORK
20 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BULL
10 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	RAILROAD
10 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	JIMMY
21 May 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	TJARKS FIRE
20 May 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	264 DITCH FIRE
27 April 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Davison County	RASSMUSSEN FIRE
26 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	CROW LAKE 2

Every fire recorded in Hanson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Maywood (historical): 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
	Hohn Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Hanson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rockport Colony	7.4 miles	11
Oak Lane Colony	10.7 miles	11
Millbrook Colony	11.5 miles	12
Alexandria	13.0 miles	12
Bard (historical)	13.5 miles	12
Riverside	14.4 miles	12
Fulton	15.9 miles	12
Emery	18.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264363. 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.