BlockSorum Heights, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mapleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57055. The Survey maps it on the Renner quadrangle.
On record in Sorum Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Renner Lutheran Sanctuarylisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Renner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Sorum Heights between 1999 and 2020, burning about 356 acres in total. 5 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 | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PETERSON |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FULTON TREE LINE FIRE |
| 14 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I90 FIRE |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | N. KIWANIS FIRE |
| 19 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnehaha County | I-29MM87 |
| 5 July 2005 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sorum Heights: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandie Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Heller Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Martin Sand and Gravel Pit. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorum Addition | 0.3 miles | 8 | |
| Renner Corner | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| McCroskey Addition | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Renner | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Andys Acres | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Meadow View Addition | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Midway | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Swanson's Tracts | 3.5 miles | 9 |
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 Q122569019 | 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 1264926. 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.