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Oreville, South Dakota

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the West Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57730. It stands on White Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Custer quadrangle.

Oreville within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 19 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Oreville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 849 acres in total. 100 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
Natural100
Debris and open burning25
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestTIN MILL
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCHOPPER
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLOUES CREEK
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National Forest385
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestMIRACLE
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National Forest425
5 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBUCKHORN
5 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSIMKINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 134 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 134 workings within 5 miles of Oreville: 63 past producers, 36 occurrences, 29 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Tin, Feldspar, Tungsten, Mica. 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
Black DiamondMica, TungstenProspect
CampaignBeryllium, TinOccurrence
Clara BelleGold, Tin, SilverPast Producer1886
Clara BelleGold, Tin, SilverUnknown
Deacon Wright LodeMica, TinOccurrenceCassiterite, Mica
Dewey Mine MS 1699Mica, Feldspar, LithiumPast Producer
First Find ClaimTin, Niobium (Columbium)Prospect1890
Forest City ClaimTin, Silver, GoldOccurrence1886, 1901
High Climb MineFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Lithium, TantalumPast Producer1932, 1934
Hill City DistrictTin, TungstenOccurrencePEGMATITES IN QUARTZ VEINS

Every working recorded in Pennington 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
Clara Belle Camp (historical)1.4 miles19
Reno3.3 miles20
Hill City5.2 miles20
Kennedyville6.5 miles20
Tigerville7.6 miles21
Redfern9.4 miles16
Keystone11.0 miles21
Sheridan (historical)11.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1262170. 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.