BlockSioux Village, South Dakota
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1957. It stands in Rapid City City. It lies in ZIP code area 57701. The Survey maps it on the Rapid City East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 19 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.
- 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 East quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
248 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Sioux Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,958 acres in total. 27 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 | 95 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 6 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Rapid City Fire Department | 01-3743 |
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rapid City Fire Department | 01-3735 |
| 4 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAYSTACK FIRE |
| 25 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RED LINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Sioux Village: 14 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Dakota Lime & Brick Co Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Everist Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Haydite Pit | Clay | 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 | ||
| Light Aggregates Inc Kiln | Clay | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakota Homes | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Rapid City | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Gossage Memorial | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Schaeferville | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Twilight Hills Addition | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Ashland Heights | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rapid Valley | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Wildwood Addition | 6.2 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566967 | The 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 1265087. 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.