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Sylvan Lake Resort, South Dakota

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the East Custer unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57730. The Survey maps it on the Custer quadrangle.

Sylvan Lake Resort within Custer 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Sylvan Lake Resort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 514 acres in total. 96 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
Natural96
Debris and open burning24
Recreation and ceremony22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestTIN MILL
9 September 2003Natural1.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestGRIZZLY BEAR
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCHOPPER
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBUCKHORN MTN
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National Forest385
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National Forest425
5 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBUCKHORN
3 September 2006Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestWILLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 156 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 156 workings within 5 miles of Sylvan Lake Resort: 70 past producers, 41 prospects, 40 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica, Tin, Tungsten. 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
Clara BelleGold, Tin, SilverPast Producer1886
Clara BelleGold, Tin, SilverUnknown
Dewey Mine MS 1699Mica, Feldspar, LithiumPast Producer
First Find ClaimTin, Niobium (Columbium)Prospect1890
Forest City ClaimTin, Silver, GoldOccurrence1886, 1901
High Climb MineFeldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Lithium, TantalumPast Producer1932, 1934
Hill City DistrictTin, TungstenOccurrencePEGMATITES IN QUARTZ VEINS
Knowles Lode ClaimQuartz, Mica, BerylliumOccurrenceBeryl, Muscovite, Quartz
Knowles Lode ClaimQuartzProspect
Louise & Hunter ClaimLithium, Tin, Mica, FeldsparPast ProducerCassiterite, Feldspar, Mica, Spodumene

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
Berne4.4 miles18
Custer5.8 miles19
Vestal Springs6.6 miles18
Junction Ranger Station6.9 miles18
Spokane9.8 miles22
Fourmile9.8 miles17
Blue Bell9.9 miles18
Danoby (historical)10.2 miles18

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 Q122548184The 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 1264613. 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.