BlockMorefield, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sverdrup Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57055. The Survey maps it on the Crooks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Crooks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Morefield between 1999 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PETERSON |
| 17 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I 90 |
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnehaha County | I-29MM87 |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnehaha County | I-90 MM 398 |
| 23 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnehaha County | PETERSON |
| 11 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 June 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Morefield: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooks | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Johnsons Addition | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Renner | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Sorum Addition | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sorum Heights | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Renner Corner | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| McCroskey Addition | 5.0 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q6911243 | 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 2571590. 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.