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Stratosphere Bowl, South Dakota

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Central Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57702. It stands on Deadman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockerville quadrangle.

Stratosphere Bowl within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 19 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

372 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Stratosphere Bowl between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,100 acres in total. 77 started naturally. 14 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
Recreation and ceremony93
Natural77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Debris and open burning70
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking4
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
8 September 2002Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBARETTA
6 September 2000Natural1.5 acresBlack Hills National ForestBARRETTA
4 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPICNIC
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSPRING CREEK #2
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestSPRING CREEK #3
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBAKER OVERLOOK
4 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestUPPER VICTORIA GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Stratosphere Bowl: 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Black Hills Silica Sand Co MineSilicaProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Perli QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tepee Gulch AreaSilver, GoldPast ProducerGold, Silver
Wealthy MineGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Pennington 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
Rockerville1.5 miles19
Clarkson Addition2.4 miles16
Colonial Pine Hills2.7 miles16
McGee4.7 miles18
Arrowhead Estates5.5 miles16
Wildwood Addition5.5 miles16
Hisega6.1 miles18
Harney6.2 miles21

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 Q122573002The 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 1265386. 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.