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Millbrook Colony, South Dakota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rosedale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57301. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria quadrangle. 98 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Millbrook Colony within Hanson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

27 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Millbrook Colony between 1998 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTOWER FIRE
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 July 2003Fireworksunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
21 July 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTURKEY BARN
29 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
29 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
18 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMitchell Fire DepartmentR B
9 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionI-90 416 TH AVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hanson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Millbrook Colony: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bard (historical)2.7 miles12
Fulton4.6 miles12
Alexandria5.0 miles12
Riverside5.3 miles12
Rockport Colony6.4 miles11
Plano9.7 miles12
Farmer10.5 miles11
Maywood (historical)11.5 miles11

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 Millbrook ColonyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108749579The 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 2724466. 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.