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Nihart, South Dakota

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the West Custer unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57730. It lies near Bowman Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Cicero Peak quadrangle.

Nihart within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Nihart between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,991 acres in total. 135 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
Natural135
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1
Smoking1

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 2002Natural6.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestHAVEN
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestDEER
7 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPAINTER DAM
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLOST
5 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPRINGLE #2
4 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestHAVEN
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPOWER POLE
3 September 2004Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestROSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 199 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 199 workings within 5 miles of Nihart: 115 past producers, 43 prospects, 32 occurrences, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Beryllium, Feldspar. 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
Beecher LodeLithium, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast Producer1900
Beryl Mica LodeFeldspar, Mica, BerylliumPast Producer1920
Black Hills LimeLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Black Hills Sand Co Cliff DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dakota FeldsparNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, MicaPast Producer
Dike No. 2 MineFeldspar, Lithium, MicaOccurrenceFeldspar, Mica, Spodumene
LongviewLithium, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer
Lookout MineBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, MicaPast ProducerBeryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Mica
Mayo LodeFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, TantalumPast ProducerBeryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Mica, Tantalite
Tanner PropertyBeryllium, Tantalum, Feldspar, Mica, LithiumPast ProducerBeryl, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Spodumene

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Sanator2.9 miles16
Pringle3.3 miles18
Cold Spring II (historical)5.1 miles18
Fourmile6.9 miles17
Blue Bell7.1 miles18
Custer7.6 miles19
Argyle8.9 miles18
Danoby (historical)11.1 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122548260The 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 1265302. 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.