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Melrose Addition, South Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Aberdeen City. It lies in ZIP code area 57401. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen East quadrangle.

Melrose Addition within Brown County

On record in Melrose Addition

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

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.

Fires near this place

72 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Melrose Addition between 2000 and 2020, burning about 443 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning5
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2

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 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSHARP FIRE
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLOCOMOTIVE
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionAIRPORT
30 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBRAUN
24 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHOLDING POND
17 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTED BALE
11 August 2015Smokingunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionARFF 8/11/15
9 July 2016Smokingunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionRAILROAD AVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Melrose Addition: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brown County Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eyestone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grebein PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jacobs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindsey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mc Neary PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orlin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pickus Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Brown 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
Aberdeen1.5 miles11
Harlin Addition3.5 miles10
Deevaan Villa Development3.6 miles10
Jobee Acres3.7 miles11
Prairie Wood Village Addition4.4 miles10
Prairiewood Village4.5 miles10
Gederos Estates4.9 miles8
Fisher Estates5.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1263450. 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.