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Mystic, South Dakota

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the West Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57745. It lies near Pony Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Rochford quadrangle.

Mystic within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Mystic between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 59 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
Natural59
Recreation and ceremony44
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Smoking1
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
9 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestTRESTLE
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestBROAD GULCH
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestGIMLET
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestMASCOT
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCASTLE
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestEMPRESS
30 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNOT ENOUGH
27 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestBROAD GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Mystic: 29 past producers, 9 occurrences, 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Gold, Lead, Silver. 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
Carbon King GroupGraphiteOccurrenceVein
Diana MineGold, Silver, Antimony, LeadPast ProducerJamesonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Duggans ShaftLead, Silver, Gold, AntimonyProspect
Grand View MineLead, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
HomelodeGold, Silver, Lead, AntimonyPast ProducerVein
Jenny Gulch MineGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Jenny Gulch MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Tiffel MineLead, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
Calabogia MineSilver, LeadPast ProducerVein
Cottrill Bog Iron DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pennington County

Storms near this place

16 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mystic in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 16 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013HailMystic$10,000no account filed
June 2017HailMystic-Hail to quarter size covered the ground.
April 2025HailMystic-no account filed
April 2025HailMystic-no account filed
July 2023HailMystic-no account filed
July 2021HailMystic-no account filed
May 2020HailMystic-no account filed
June 2020HailMystic-no account filed
August 2018HailMystic-no account filed
June 2018HailMystic-no account filed
July 2018HailMystic-no account filed
August 2016HailMystic-no account filed
June 2014HailMystic-no account filed
July 2008HailMystic-no account filed
July 2007HailMystic-no account filed
August 2002HailMystic-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Castleton (historical)1.1 miles16
Fairview (historical)1.8 miles16
Canyon City (historical)2.0 miles15
Silver City4.2 miles15
Redfern5.1 miles16
Rochford5.3 miles16
Myersville5.5 miles16
Merritt5.9 miles17

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 MysticAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709404The 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 1265300. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.