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Prairie Wood Village Addition, South Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ordway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57401. The Survey maps it on the Ordway quadrangle.

Prairie Wood Village Addition within Brown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

54 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Prairie Wood Village Addition between 2000 and 2020, burning about 195 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/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSHARP FIRE
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionAIRPORT
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCATTAIL BALE
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression16ARF44
30 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBRAUN
24 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHOLDING POND
2 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression16ARF45

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Prairie Wood Village Addition: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brown County Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eyestone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grebein PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jacobs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindsey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mc Neary PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orlin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pickus Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schlosser PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Westport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Brown 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
Prairiewood Village0.3 miles10
Deevaan Villa Development1.7 miles10
Melrose Addition4.4 miles11
Aberdeen4.5 miles11
Gederos Estates4.6 miles8
Fisher Estates4.7 miles8
Ordway4.7 miles10
Jobee Acres4.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1263443. 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.