BlockOrland Colony, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ramsey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57048. The Survey maps it on the Lake Madison SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lake Madison SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Salem quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Orland Colony between 2011 and 2018, burning about 27 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 | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 248TH STREET GRASS FIRE |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 4/28/2019 |
| 11 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JIM ANDERSON |
| 25 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ILAND LAKE |
| 24 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NOVEMBER 24 2011 |
| 10 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 January 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE JAN 7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose | 8.5 miles | 6 | |
| Salem | 12.0 miles | 6 | |
| Unityville | 13.4 miles | 6 | |
| Golden View Colony | 15.6 miles | 6 | |
| Canistota | 16.1 miles | 6 | |
| Rumpus Ridge | 16.6 miles | 6 | |
| Stanley Corner | 21.5 miles | 6 | |
| Spencer | 21.7 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 Q122541066 | 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 2724470. 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.