BlockPlenty Bears, South Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Bennett unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57714. The Survey maps it on the Allen SE quadrangle. It stands 3,146 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Martin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Allen quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Martin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Plenty Bears between 1995 and 2020, burning about 4,575 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 1 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 | 14 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | WHICH WAY |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Martin Volunteer Fire Department | ALLEN HOUSING |
| 3 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | ALLEN |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | KEYS-N-CASH |
| 27 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | AMERICAN HORSE II |
| 26 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 675 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | ALLEN |
| 21 September 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | ALLEN HOUSING 4 |
| 20 September 2008 | Natural | 4.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | 4.4 miles | 5 | |
| Bad Wound | 4.7 miles | 5 | |
| Black Eyes | 7.7 miles | 5 | |
| Martin | 9.0 miles | 5 | |
| Swett | 9.1 miles | 5 | |
| LaCreek (historical) | 16.2 miles | 5 | |
| Patricia | 17.5 miles | 5 | |
| Tuthill | 20.2 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Plenty Bears | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7204564 | 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 1266608. 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.