BlockPrairie Village, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Herman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57042. The Survey maps it on the Ramona quadrangle.
On record in Prairie Village
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Chapel Emmanuel Railroad Carlisted 1976 · 0.1 miles away- Herschell-Spillman Steam Riding Gallerylisted 2016 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Ramona quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS De Smet quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Prairie Village between 2001 and 2017, burning about 152 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 1 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 109 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HODNE |
| 30 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 27 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WINFRED |
| 26 March 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | MADISON |
| 27 February 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 December 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.4 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | MADISON WF |
| 6 November 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | HART |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Prairie Village: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilde Pipe & Gravel, Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake County Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Matson Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Junius | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Chautauqua | 6.0 miles | 6 | |
| Orland (historical) | 6.0 miles | 6 | |
| Orland | 8.0 miles | 6 | |
| Ramona | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Graceville Colony | 8.2 miles | 6 | |
| Peninsula Park | 9.4 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1257221. 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.