Schaeferville, South Dakota

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1957. It stands in the Central Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57702. The Survey maps it on the Rapid City West quadrangle.

Schaeferville within Pennington 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.

1893 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1898 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1903 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Rapid City West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

356 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 356 fires within 5 miles of Schaeferville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,258 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 8 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	99
Natural	69
Debris and open burning	48
Misuse of fire by a minor	40
Equipment and vehicle use	39
Recreation and ceremony	18
Fireworks	16
Smoking	10
Arson/incendiarism	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Other causes	2
Firearms and explosives use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	MARKER 51
8 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	3,100 acres	Philip Volunteer Fire Department	VIALIANT
7 September 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
7 September 1997	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	HAYSTACK
6 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	ELDER
6 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
5 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Rapid City Fire Department	01-3735
5 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WESTBERRY COURT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Schaeferville: 13 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Hills Materials	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Rapid City Lime Kilns & Quarries	Calcium	Producer
South Dakota State Cement Plant	Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Limestone, Shale
Haydite Pit	Clay	Producer
Light Aggregates Inc Kiln	Clay	Unknown
Dakota Lime & Brick Co Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Unknown
Everist Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension	Producer
Hills Materials Limestone Quarry	Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Hoffman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lange Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Pennington 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
South Canyon Country Estates	3.8 miles	16
Sioux Village	4.2 miles	19
Lakota Homes	4.2 miles	19
Gossage Memorial	4.2 miles	16
Rapid City	4.4 miles	19
Ridgeland Heights	4.5 miles	16
Arrowhead Estates	6.0 miles	16
Wildwood Addition	6.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1262371. 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.