Redfern, South Dakota

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the West Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57745. It stands on Redfern Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rochford quadrangle.

Redfern within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1894 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1901 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1916 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Rochford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
1998 USGS Rochford quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Redfern between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,770 acres in total. 46 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
Natural	46
Recreation and ceremony	19
Debris and open burning	12
Power generation/transmission/distribution	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Other causes	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
6 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	LOG CABIN
6 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	GOOSEBERRY
5 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	FRINK DRAW
5 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	UNION
25 September 1994	Smoking	3.0 acres	Black Hills National Forest	SLATE CREEK
22 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	TIGERVILLE
2 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	NEWTON
19 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	5.1 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BATTLE AXE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Redfern: 26 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Burlington Lode	Silver, Gold	Past Producer	Vein
First Find Lode MS 904	Tin	Occurrence
Tiffel Mine	Lead, Silver, Antimony	Past Producer
Wolfram Lode	Tungsten	Occurrence	Vein
Antler - Burlington Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold, Silver
Barnes Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold, Silver
Battle Axe Group	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Doctor No. 2	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1929
Gold Hill Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Greenback Group	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Gold, Silver

Every working recorded in Pennington 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tigerville	1.8 miles	21
Castleton (historical)	4.4 miles	16
Mystic	5.1 miles	16
Canyon City (historical)	6.1 miles	15
Hill City	6.1 miles	20
Reno	6.2 miles	20
Fairview (historical)	6.8 miles	16
Silver City	7.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1262286. 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.