BlockRed Willow Colony, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Argo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57268. The Survey maps it on the Toronto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1970 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Red Willow Colony between 1999 and 2020, burning about 41 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I29 150 |
| 2 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KNUTSON |
| 12 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MM 153 |
| 23 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 10 April 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | INTERSTATE 29 |
| 29 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 17 March 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Brookings County | I29 NORTH MM 146 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Red Willow Colony: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Grove Addition | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| White | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bruce | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Norfeld Colony | 11.7 miles | 8 | |
| Sunnyview | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bushnell | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Roland Colony | 15.1 miles | 8 | |
| Brookings | 15.5 miles | 9 |
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 Q122554261 | 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 2724472. 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.