Soldier Creek, South Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Todd unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57555. It stands on Scabby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Soldier Creek quadrangle. 205 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,342 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSoldier Creek fell from 227 to 205 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 227 | |
| 2020 | 205 | -22 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Martin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Soldier Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mission quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
382 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Soldier Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,516 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Fireworks | 37 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | T.R.#207 |
| 7 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Rosebud Agency | GOLF |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | SOLDIER CREEK |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | EVIDENCE |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | PIXY |
| 28 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | #69 |
| 28 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | BALES#11 |
| 26 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Rosebud Agency | DILLON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Soldier Creek: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lindekugel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rosebud Sioux 1588 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rosebud Sioux Adm Reserve | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rosebud Sioux Pit 6366 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rosebud Sioux Pit 895 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rosebud Sioux Pit 897 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rosebud Sioux Pit L-56 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rosebud Sioux Tribal 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosebud | 6.5 miles | 5 | |
| Parmelee | 7.3 miles | 5 | |
| Two Strike | 7.7 miles | 5 | |
| Mission | 12.3 miles | 5 | |
| Saint Francis | 12.4 miles | 5 | |
| Antelope Development Area | 13.5 miles | 5 | |
| Antelope | 13.8 miles | 5 | |
| White Horse | 15.5 miles | 5 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Soldier Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6131478 | 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 1261142. 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.



