BlockPowell, South Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Haakon unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57567. It stands on White Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Powell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Powell quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Powell between 2000 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 August 2017 | Natural | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SCOFIELD CA |
| 24 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Philip Volunteer Fire Department | BILL OCONNER |
| 24 July 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Philip Volunteer Fire Department | HICKMAN |
| 22 July 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 16 July 2005 | Natural | 12 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 1 July 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Philip Volunteer Fire Department | CHUCK O'CONNER |
| 27 June 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
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.
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 Powell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24061548 | 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 1261056. 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.