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Roubaix, South Dakota

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the South Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57732. It lies near Windy Flats. The Survey maps it on the Deadwood South quadrangle. It stands 5,381 feet above sea level.

Roubaix within Lawrence County

On record in Roubaix

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Roubaix between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,078 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCUSTER CROSSING
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
6 September 2005Natural1.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestTHOMPSON
6 September 2005Natural1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBUTCHER
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestUGLY SNAG
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 94 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 94 workings within 5 miles of Roubaix: 69 past producers, 9 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 6 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead, Lead. 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
Anaconda MineGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1878
Bion MineGold, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Double Rainbow Or Richmond - Sitting BullZinc, Gold, Lead, SilverProducerChalcopyrite
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Groshong MineSilver, Lead, VanadiumPast ProducerReplacement
Hoffman Iron Deposit MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1948
Hoodoo - Union Hill MineSilver, GoldPast ProducerGold, Silver
Horseshoe - Comet MineSilver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerReplacement
Lead DistrictGold, Tungsten, Barium-Barite, AntimonyProducerREPLACEMENT
Oro Fino MineGold, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, ZincPast Producer1893

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

1 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roubaix in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998HailRoubaix-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Brownsville (historical)1.5 miles20
Virginia (historical)3.6 miles20
Galena4.2 miles20
Woodville4.8 miles17
Benchmark5.8 miles17
Carterville (historical)6.0 miles20
Englewood6.4 miles17
Flatiron I (historical)6.4 miles17

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 RoubaixAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15273396The 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 1265342. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.