BlockSweetland, South Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57362. The Survey maps it on the Vayland SW 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
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Vayland SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Vayland SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Huron quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Huron quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sweetland (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 66 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WHEEL BEARING |
| 31 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Miller Volunteer Fire Department | OHIO TWSP FIRE |
| 19 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RD |
| 3 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KELLER |
| 4 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ESCHENBAUM |
| 13 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WAGNER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ames | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Miller Dale Colony | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Danforth | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Miller | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Lawrence | 12.5 miles | 8 | |
| Vayland | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ree Heights | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Florence (historical) | 24.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264321. 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.