BlockNowlin, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the East Haakon unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57552. It lies near Hay Draw. The Survey maps it on the Nowlin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Nowlin quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Nowlin between 1999 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SCHLAGEL |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | 45 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 27 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DALE |
| 20 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TRAILER FIRE |
| 12 August 2006 | Natural | 60 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 160 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nowlin in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Hail | Nowlin | - | ACCOMPANIED BY 1.2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1256805. 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.
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.