BlockOld Elm Spring Colony, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Foster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57366. The Survey maps it on the Milltown quadrangle.
On record in Old Elm Spring Colony
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Old Elmspring Hutterite Colonylisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1898 USGS Olivet quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Old Elm Spring Colony between 1998 and 2020, burning about 546 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 34 EAST DITCH |
| 21 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SHERWOOD FIRE |
| 17 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BAIL FIRE |
| 8 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NEW ELM |
| 3 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Parkston Volunteer Fire Department | WAYNE DECKER |
| 14 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Parkston Volunteer Fire Department | NEW ELM SPRINGS |
| 5 December 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Old Elm Spring Colony: 1 past producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Elm Springs Colony | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Milltown | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clayton | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dimock | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tschetter Colony | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Parkston | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wolf Creek | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Beardsley | 16.7 miles | 11 |
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 Q122596760 | The 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 2724469. 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.