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Snake Creek, South Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Corson unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57658. The Survey maps it on the Wakpala SE quadrangle.

Snake Creek within Corson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

84 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Snake Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,026 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Fireworks9
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyDITCH 2
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyDITCH 1
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyGALL INN 2
6 September 1996Other causesunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyGALL INN 1
5 September 2012Debris and open burning140 acresStanding Rock AgencyMOON BOOTS
5 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresStanding Rock AgencyW GRAND R
4 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyTRACTOR
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStanding Rock AgencyLESMEISTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Corson 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
Wakpala5.7 miles8
Jeffrey (historical)9.6 miles8
Mahto12.9 miles7
Little Eagle13.2 miles8
McLaughlin19.8 miles8
Kenel20.0 miles8
Maple Leaf28.5 miles7
Bullhead29.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261141. 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.