BlockSheldon Trailor Town, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Medary Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57006. The Survey maps it on the Brookings quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Brookings quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brookings quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Sheldon Trailor Town between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,273 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BEANS |
| 7 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LAKE CAMPBELL OUTLET |
| 30 August 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 1 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brookings County | WOGAN CENTER |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SOCCER FIELD |
| 8 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | COUNTRY CLUB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Sheldon Trailor Town: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookings Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| County Pit-Brookings | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dupraz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mannerud Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264688. 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.