Runkel, South Dakota

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1957. It stands in the Southwest Meade unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57769. It stands on Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deadman Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Runkel within Meade County

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.

1894 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1899 USGS Sturgis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1901 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1915 USGS Sturgis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1916 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Deadman Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Runkel (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,836 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 3 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
Natural	55
Debris and open burning	21
Recreation and ceremony	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Arson/incendiarism	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Fireworks	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	REDWATER HILL
6 September 2005	Natural	1.0 acres	Black Hills National Forest	THOMPSON
6 September 2005	Natural	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
5 September 2001	Smoking	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	I-90 40
5 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	UGLY SNAG
25 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	139
25 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Sturgis Volunteer Fire Department	BLUCKSBURG
16 September 2016	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	FORBES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Runkel (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Limestone, General. 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
Homestake Limestone Quarry Mine	Limestone, General	Past Producer	1904
Doyle Lime Plant and Quarry	Calcium	Past Producer
Homestake Min Co Limestone Quarry	Calcium	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Meade 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
Tilford	5.4 miles	16
Sturgis	7.6 miles	18
Carwye (historical)	8.0 miles	18
Piedmont	8.9 miles	18
Buffalo Chip	10.1 miles	17
Goiens (historical)	10.4 miles	18
Wonderland Homes	12.1 miles	16
Summerset	12.6 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264217. 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.