Saint Lawrence, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Lawrence town. It lies in ZIP code area 57373. The Survey maps it on the Miller quadrangle. 163 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,568 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSaint Lawrence fell from 198 to 163 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 198 | |
| 2020 | 163 | -35 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1899 USGS Redfield quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Miller quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Redfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Saint Lawrence between 2000 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HARRELL |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HUITING |
| 11 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SPOT |
| 18 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | VANZEE |
| 14 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Miller Volunteer Fire Department | ALPHA TOWNSHIP |
| 4 July 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Miller Volunteer Fire Department | JONES LAKE |
| 18 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SCHOENEBAUM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Saint Lawrence: 4 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Mine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hand County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lyle Williams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pangburn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Vayland | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Florence (historical) | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Miller Dale Colony | 12.3 miles | 7 | |
| Sweetland (historical) | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ree Heights | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Burdette | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Danforth | 18.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Saint Lawrence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3239862 | 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 1265350. 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.




