State Game Lodge, 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 57730. It lies near Clark Park. The Survey maps it on the Iron Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,475 feet above sea level.
On record in State Game Lodge
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Custer State Park Museumlisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
Custer State Game Lodgelisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 22 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.
- 1894 USGS Hermosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Hermosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Mount Rushmore quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1977 USGS Mount Rushmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
205 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of State Game Lodge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57,565 acres in total. 146 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 146 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BURROW RIDGE |
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | COOLIDGE |
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BUFFALO |
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HOLE IN THE WALL |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NORBECK DRAW |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of State Game Lodge: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Gold, Silver, Lithium, Beryllium, Mica, Tin, Tantalum, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beryl Feldspar Mine | Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Bob Ingersoll Mine | Lithium, Beryllium, Mica, Tin, Tantalum, Feldspar | Past Producer | Amblygonite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Cleavelandite, Feldspar, Lepidolite, Muscovite, Spodumene | |
| Hugo Mine | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Josie Lode Mine | Mica | Past Producer | Muscovite | |
| Jumbo Lode | Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium | Occurrence | Beryl, Biotite, Feldspar, Microcline, Muscovite | |
| Spokane Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Spokane Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1890, 1898 | |
| Ivanhoe District | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | VEINS | |
| Big Chief | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Josie Lode | Feldspar | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Blue Bell | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Fairburn | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sylvan Lake Resort | 10.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hermosa | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Custer | 11.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cold Spring II (historical) | 12.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sanator | 12.8 miles | 16 |
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 Q106714477 | 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 1264614. 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.






