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Savoy, South Dakota

18 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 57754. It stands on Little Spearfish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Savoy quadrangle.

Savoy within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

101 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Savoy between 1993 and 2019, burning about 251 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony27
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWAR EAGLE 2
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestFILLMORE
28 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHIGH RIDGE
27 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestDAISY
2 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNORBERT
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTERRY
12 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBALDY
9 August 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestDEAD HORSE

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 Savoy: 73 past producers, 12 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, 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
Crown Hill MineSilver, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Iron HillZinc, Silver, Silica, Manganese, Lead, Iron, Gold, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1881, 1885
Iron Hill MineGold, Silver, Lead, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Vanadinite
Ulster MineGold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1897
AdelphiaManganese, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1881, 1882
Beaver Creek Mining CompanyTinOccurrenceTin
Beaver Creek Mining CompanyTinPast Producer
Spanish RManganese, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1881, 1882
Crown HillTungsten, SilverPast Producer
DakotaTungsten, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

2 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savoy in 2 storm reports in 2003: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSavoy-no account filed
August 2003HailSavoy-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
Dacy (historical)1.2 miles18
Preston2.3 miles18
Ragged Top (historical)2.5 miles18
Victoria3.2 miles19
Elmore3.5 miles18
Maurice3.6 miles19
Beaver Crossing4.4 miles18
Carbonate (historical)4.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265360. 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.