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Oak Park Estates, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Palisade Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57030. It lies near Devils Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Garretson East quadrangle.

Oak Park Estates within Minnehaha County

On record in Oak Park Estates

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

15 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Oak Park Estates between 2009 and 2020, burning about 81 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/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTVAWTQ
30 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionINC NO 91 8/30/2020
19 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionINC NO 89 8/19/2020
15 June 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionINC. NO 68 6/15/2020
15 June 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionJUNE BNSF
5 May 2015Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBNSF FIRE 5/5/2015
1 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionINC. NO 50 5/1/2020
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTIM OKENGA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Minnehaha County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Oak Park Estates: 7 unknowns, 4 past producers, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arnold Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Duane Bly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dubbelde Gravel Pit NwSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dubbelde Gravel Pit SeSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Harnack Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Julson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Limburger Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sherman Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ulvio Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Vandersnick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Minnehaha 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
Garretson1.1 miles8
Sherman2.1 miles7
Corson8.9 miles8
Brandon10.3 miles8
Valley Springs10.3 miles8
Midway11.8 miles8
McCroskey Addition12.0 miles8
Andys Acres12.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264923. 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.