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Sanator, South Dakota

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the West Custer unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57730. It stands on Well Pole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cicero Peak quadrangle.

Sanator within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

227 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Sanator between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,824 acres in total. 114 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
Natural114
Debris and open burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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 ForestROSE QUARTZ
8 September 2002Natural6.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestHAVEN
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestDEER
7 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPAINTER DAM
6 September 2007Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestGRAHAM
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDEER MEADOW
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLOST
3 September 2004Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestROSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 270 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 270 workings within 5 miles of Sanator: 146 past producers, 64 prospects, 50 occurrences, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica. 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
Bebington GroupGold, SilverOccurrenceGold, Silver
Bebington GroupGold, SilverOccurrence
Beecher LodeLithium, Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast Producer1900
Black Hills Sand Co Cliff DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Buster DikeBeryllium, Feldspar, Mica, TantalumPast Producer1939
Custer Mountain LodeBeryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Lithium, TantalumPast ProducerBeryl, Feldspar, Lepidolite, Mica, Spodumene
Dike No. 2 MineFeldspar, Lithium, MicaOccurrenceFeldspar, Mica, Spodumene
Eruption LodeLithium, Beryllium, Feldspar, MicaPast ProducerAmblygonite, Beryl, Feldspar, Muscovite
LongviewLithium, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer
Lookout MineBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, MicaPast ProducerBeryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Mica

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Nihart2.9 miles16
Fourmile4.5 miles17
Custer4.8 miles19
Pringle6.1 miles18
Blue Bell6.7 miles18
Cold Spring II (historical)7.4 miles18
Berne8.5 miles18
Danoby (historical)8.6 miles18

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 SanatorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22609268The 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 1262357. 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.