Star Corner, South Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Star Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57073. The Survey maps it on the Wakonda quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Star Corner within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1898 USGS Parker quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Wakonda quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Star Corner (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 610 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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	6
Debris and open burning	4
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
22 May 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	KNUTSON
22 April 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	GRAFF
2 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	IFD
2 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
29 March 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Viborg Volunteer Fire Department	HAROLD JACOBSEN
28 March 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department	REESE
28 March 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	McLaughlin Volunteer Fire Department	GRASS GARAGE
14 March 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Watertown Volunteer Fire Department	BURLINGTON RR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Star Corner (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
	Wakonda Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Colfax Corner	3.0 miles	11
Wakonda	3.2 miles	11
Riverside (historical)	3.4 miles	11
Shaw (historical)	5.7 miles	11
Lodi	5.8 miles	18
Irene	5.9 miles	11
Saybrook (historical)	8.2 miles	10
Westreville	8.3 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264512. 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.