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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Rochford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Rochford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 59 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 44 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | TRESTLE |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Black Hills National Forest | BROAD GULCH |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | GIMLET |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | MASCOT |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | CASTLE |
| 5 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | EMPRESS |
| 30 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | NOT ENOUGH |
| 27 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Black Hills National Forest | BROAD GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon King Group | Graphite | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Diana Mine | Gold, Silver, Antimony, Lead | Past Producer | Jamesonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Duggans Shaft | Lead, Silver, Gold, Antimony | Prospect | ||
| Grand View Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Homelode | Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Jenny Gulch Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Jenny Gulch Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Tiffel Mine | Lead, Silver, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Calabogia Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Cottrill Bog Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
16 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Hail | Mystic | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Mystic | - | Hail to quarter size covered the ground. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Mystic | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castleton (historical) | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Canyon City (historical) | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Silver City | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Redfern | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rochford | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Myersville | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Merritt | 5.9 miles | 17 |
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 Mystic | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23709404 | 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 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.






