BlockRumford, South Dakota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Southwest Fall River unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57735. It stands on Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rumford quadrangle. It stands 3,517 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 15 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.
- 1902 USGS Edgemont quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Rumford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Rumford between 1998 and 2020, burning about 3,454 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 20 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.4 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PLAINS VALLEY SOUTH |
| 1 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 110 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RUMFORD CA |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | 1,254 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RUMFORD |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 19 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | ZIMMER |
| 18 August 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ARDMORE #2 |
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 Rumford: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Bird | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rumford in 1 storm report in 2000: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Hail | Rumford | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Rumford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7379264 | 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 1262342. 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.