Sulphur, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the North Meade unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57758. The Survey maps it on the Camp Creek quadrangle.

Sulphur within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Camp Creek quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Camp Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur between 1999 and 2016, burning about 464 acres in total. 8 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	8
Debris and open burning	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
7 August 2005	Natural	20 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
10 August 2016	Natural	85 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	MORRSELL
1 August 2000	Natural	20 acres	Enning Volunteer Fire Department	PRICE
26 July 2006	Natural	30 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
15 July 2006	Natural	300 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
12 July 2006	Natural	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
12 July 2006	Natural	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
12 July 2006	Natural	2.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade 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
Mud Butte	9.0 miles	7
Fairpoint	10.8 miles	7
Cedar Canyon	15.6 miles	8
Stoneville	16.9 miles	7
Maurine	19.7 miles	7
Clough	21.3 miles	8
Fox Ridge	22.1 miles	6
Redowl	22.7 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261145. 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.