McGee, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1957. It stands in the Mount Rushmore unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57702. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pactola Dam quadrangle.

McGee within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 18 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.

1893 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1898 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1903 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Pactola Dam quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

358 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of McGee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,014 acres in total. 107 started naturally. 15 were 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
Natural	107
Recreation and ceremony	70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	58
Debris and open burning	55
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Arson/incendiarism	15
Power generation/transmission/distribution	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Fireworks	4
Smoking	4
Firearms and explosives use	3
Other causes	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
5 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	HILLTOP
5 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WESTBERRY COURT
5 September 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WOODLAND CT
4 September 2016	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	PICNIC
4 September 2010	Smoking	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	NEMO RD
4 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	SPRING CREEK #2
4 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	SPRING CREEK #3
4 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	UPPER VICTORIA GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of McGee: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Ashley and Nyswanger	Gold, Copper, Silver	Prospect
Dakota Lime and Brick Co.	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Dexter Claim	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead	Occurrence	Replacement

Every working recorded in Pennington 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
Hisega	1.4 miles	18
Big Bend	2.5 miles	18
Ridgeland Heights	3.3 miles	16
Clarkson Addition	3.7 miles	16
Colonial Pine Hills	4.2 miles	16
Johnson Siding	4.3 miles	18
South Canyon Country Estates	4.5 miles	16
Stratosphere Bowl	4.7 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265291. 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.