North Shore, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Watertown City. It lies in ZIP code area 57201. The Survey maps it on the Watertown West quadrangle.

North Shore within Codington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Watertown West quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

36 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of North Shore between 1999 and 2014, burning about 492 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Debris and open burning	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Fireworks	2
Smoking	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
28 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	164TH AND 457TH
21 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	17226 447TH AVE
19 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	48 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	STROMSETH
19 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	N KAMPESKA
5 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	SCHMEICHEL
25 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
23 August 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Watertown Volunteer Fire Department	PELICAN PLAZA
9 July 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Codington County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Shore: 3 past producers. None of them 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Codington 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Green Trees Subdivision	2.7 miles	8
Rauville	5.8 miles	8
Kampeska	5.8 miles	8
Watertown	5.9 miles	8
Foley	8.2 miles	8
Florence	9.8 miles	7
Grover	9.9 miles	8
Appleby	12.3 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1256776. 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.