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Split Rock Heights, 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 57110. The Survey maps it on the Sioux Falls East quadrangle.

Split Rock Heights within Minnehaha County

On record in Split Rock 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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

In the county-history sources

79,863 words on this township

History 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

93 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Split Rock Heights between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,528 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking5
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
11 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionALBERS
4 August 1999Smokingunder an acreAlcester Volunteer Fire DepartmentLEE Z.
25 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSioux Falls Fire Department1605 S. SILVER CREEK
9 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHCFD10136
7 July 2012Smoking1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression2012-392
6 July 2007Fireworksunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 July 2007Fireworksunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLincoln CountyHCFD 85ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Minnehaha County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Split Rock Heights: 6 producers, 6 unknowns, 5 past producers. 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Quartzite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Quartzite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Quartzite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quartzite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quartzite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wisconsin Granite Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beckman Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Sioux Falls Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eagle Materials Co Cactus HillsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eagle Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Minnehaha 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
Anderson Subdivision1.5 miles9
Pine Lakes Addition1.8 miles9
Ingberg Tracts2.1 miles9
East Sioux Falls2.2 miles8
Hill Ridge Development2.3 miles9
Cactus Heights2.4 miles9
Sioux Falls3.1 miles9
Indian Hill Division3.3 miles8

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 Q122595584The 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 1264939. 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.