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Mountain Plains, South Dakota

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the North Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57783. It lies near Fish Hatchery Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Spearfish quadrangle.

Mountain Plains within Lawrence County

On record in Mountain Plains

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

134 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Plains between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,342 acres in total. 41 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
Natural41
Recreation and ceremony29
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking2
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBADGER
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresBlack Hills National ForestRIM ROCK
6 September 2003Other causesunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestEIGHT BALL
30 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSWARM
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
17 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHOOF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Plains: 13 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Gold, Silver, Lead, Gold. 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
F. B. Hellings PropertyTungstenUnknown
Iron HillZinc, Silver, Silica, Manganese, Lead, Iron, Gold, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1881, 1885
Lewis Lime PlantCalciumPast Producer
Lewis Lime QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1900
Spanish R MineGold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Spearfish Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSandstone
Spearfish Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Strawberry Hill MineTalc-SoapstoneProducer
Adelphi MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
AdelphiaManganese, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1881, 1882

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Spearfish1.5 miles20
Carbonate (historical)4.8 miles20
Maurice5.2 miles19
Victoria5.6 miles19
Maitland6.0 miles20
Ragged Top (historical)7.6 miles18
Preston7.8 miles18
Lancaster City (historical)7.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2804707. 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.