Silver Valley Addition, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sioux Falls City. It lies in ZIP code area 57106. The Survey maps it on the Sioux Falls West 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sioux Falls West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
79,863 words on this townshipHistory of Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Containing an Account of Its Settlements, Growth, Development and Resources ... Synopsis of Public Records, Biographical Sketches .., published 1899 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sioux Falls City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sioux Falls City - 79,863 words.
Fires near this place
47 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Silver Valley Addition between 1999 and 2015, burning about 304 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alcester Volunteer Fire Department | LEE Z. |
| 25 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sioux Falls Fire Department | 1605 S. SILVER CREEK |
| 2 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 11 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Mound City Volunteer Fire Department | KON THORSTENSON |
| 7 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tea Volunteer Fire Department | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CULBERT |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SANDS |
| 4 July 2007 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Silver Valley Addition: 7 producers, 5 unknowns, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete Materials Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Concrete Materials Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Wisconsin Granite Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Beckman Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bill Gage Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carey Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Eagle Sand and Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Fodness Sand and Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayward Addition | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Webster Grove Addition | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ellis | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Reppert Addition | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| West Acres Development | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| El Rancho Acres | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Martindale Addition | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| South Sioux Falls (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264904. 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.



