BlockNewdale Colony, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57026. The Survey maps it on the White SE 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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS White SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brookings quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Newdale Colony between 2003 and 2015, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BALER FIRE |
| 29 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | UNAUTHORIZED BURN |
| 2 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 13 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Brookings County | DAHL FIRE |
| 7 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STUMP FIRE |
| 25 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 224TH |
| 25 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BOEHMER FIRE |
| 13 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newdale Colony: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klosterman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkton | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Roland Colony | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bushnell | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Aurora | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Norfeld Colony | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| White | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sunnyview | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Brookings | 14.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264693. 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.