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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.

State Game Lodge within Custer County

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.

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

205 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural146
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
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
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBUFFALO
7 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHOLE IN THE WALL
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionNORBECK DRAW
4 September 2009Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beryl Feldspar MineFeldspar, Beryllium, MicaPast Producer
Bob Ingersoll MineLithium, Beryllium, Mica, Tin, Tantalum, FeldsparPast ProducerAmblygonite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Cleavelandite, Feldspar, Lepidolite, Muscovite, Spodumene
Hugo MineTantalum, Niobium (Columbium), MicaPast Producer
Josie Lode MineMicaPast ProducerMuscovite
Jumbo LodeFeldspar, Mica, BerylliumOccurrenceBeryl, Biotite, Feldspar, Microcline, Muscovite
Spokane MineGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Spokane MineZinc, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1890, 1898
Ivanhoe DistrictGold, SilverPast ProducerVEINS
Big ChiefFeldsparProducer
Josie LodeFeldsparPast Producer

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
Spokane4.9 miles22
Blue Bell6.4 miles18
Fairburn10.8 miles16
Sylvan Lake Resort10.9 miles19
Hermosa11.3 miles16
Custer11.4 miles19
Cold Spring II (historical)12.1 miles18
Sanator12.8 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.

Wikidata item Q106714477The 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.