BlockOahe, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Hughes unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57501. The Survey maps it on the Willow Creek Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1937 USGS Oahe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Willow Creek Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Oahe between 2010 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SHEETS |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BILLY GOAT JUMP |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GORILLA CA |
| 21 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CHANPIER |
| 5 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BILLY GOAT JUMP |
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BLOWOUT CA |
| 22 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TWIN DAM NORTH |
| 20 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 203 CA |
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 1260965. 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.