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.
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.
Shafer Round Barnlisted 1995 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Sioux Falls East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
79,863 words on this townshipHistory 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 1998Regional 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/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ALBERS |
| 4 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alcester Volunteer Fire Department | LEE Z. |
| 25 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sioux Falls Fire Department | 1605 S. SILVER CREEK |
| 9 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HCFD10136 |
| 7 July 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 2012-392 |
| 6 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lincoln County | HCFD 85ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wisconsin Granite Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Beckman Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City of Sioux Falls Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eagle Materials Co Cactus Hills | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eagle Sand and Gravel Co. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Subdivision | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Lakes Addition | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ingberg Tracts | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| East Sioux Falls | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hill Ridge Development | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cactus Heights | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sioux Falls | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Indian Hill Division | 3.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q122595584 | 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 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.



