BlockSuccess, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57221. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Cherry Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Success (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 134 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WISEMAN |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WISEMAN2 |
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DITCH |
| 1 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Desmet Volunteer Fire Department | INCIDENT #717 |
| 29 April 2001 | Other causes | 45 acres | Desmet Volunteer Fire Department | # 692 |
| 27 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Desmet Volunteer Fire Department | # 691 |
| 25 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Desmet Volunteer Fire Department | # 690 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Lake | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Melham | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Collins Colony | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mayfield Colony | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Vienna | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Naples | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pitrodie (historical) | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Carlton (historical) | 18.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264201. 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.