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Spokane, South Dakota

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the East Custer unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57744. It stands on Toll Gate Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iron Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,521 feet above sea level.

Spokane within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 22 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

284 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Spokane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,032 acres in total. 118 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
Natural118
Recreation and ceremony54
Debris and open burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use11
Fireworks10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2003Natural1.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestGRIZZLY BEAR
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
8 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBURROW RIDGE
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCOOLIDGE
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHUGO
6 September 2001Naturalunder an acreMount Rushmore National MemorialLONE PINE
6 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestGOVERNMENT PASTURE
5 September 2010Natural1.1 acresBlack Hills National ForestGHOST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 111 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 111 workings within 5 miles of Spokane: 83 past producers, 13 occurrences, 10 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Beryllium, Gold, Silver. 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
Bullion Mine Pennington CountyGold, Silver, ArsenicPast Producer1877, 1930
Cuyahoga MineSulfur-Pyrite, TinPast Producer1917
Dakota Quartz PlantStone, FeldsparProducer
Dan Patch GroupFeldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Tantalum, ZincPast Producer1905
Edison MineLithium, Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium, TantalumPast Producer1917
Edison MineTantalum, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer
Egyptian GroupGold, Silver, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Etta Spodumene MineFeldspar, Mica, Lithium, Tin, Beryllium, Tantalum, TungstenPast Producer1898
EurekaMica, Beryllium, FeldsparOccurrenceBeryl, Feldspar, Muscovite
Gilt Edge Mica MineMica, BerylliumPast ProducerBeryl, Muscovite

Every working recorded in Custer 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
State Game Lodge4.9 miles22
Sylvan Lake Resort9.8 miles19
Hermosa10.0 miles16
Blue Bell10.2 miles18
Custer12.7 miles19
Berne13.8 miles18
Fairburn13.9 miles16
Sanator15.6 miles16

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 SpokaneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15278921The 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 1262481. 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.