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Nahant, South Dakota

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1957. It stands in the South Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57754. It stands on Tillson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nahant quadrangle. It stands 5,682 feet above sea level.

Nahant within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Nahant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCUSTER CROSSING
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestWILBUR
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestKILLOERN
3 September 2001Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestFOX FLATS
16 September 2007Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestMINNESOTA
8 August 1992Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBUSKALA
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSWEDE
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestHANNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Nahant: 28 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Silver, Gold, Gold, 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
Carnotite CaveUraniumOccurrence
Standby MineSilver, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Custer Peak Copper Co MineCopperPast Producer
Jungle MineCopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Blue Bird MineGold, SilverPast ProducerPyrite
Gold King MineGold, SilverPast Producer1879
Marigold MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Mary Belle MineGold, SilverPast ProducerSilver
Montana MineGold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Montezuma MineGold, SilverOccurrenceReplacement

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
Gregory (historical)1.4 miles14
Diamond City (historical)3.5 miles14
Dumont4.9 miles15
Brownsville (historical)7.5 miles20
Hanna7.6 miles17
Woodville7.9 miles17
Roubaix8.3 miles20
Englewood8.4 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 NahantAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15260791The 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 1265672. 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.