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Tigerville, South Dakota

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the West Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57745. It lies near Brushy Draw. The Survey maps it on the Medicine Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,485 feet above sea level.

Tigerville within Pennington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Tigerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 636 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 4 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
Natural52
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestLOG CABIN
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestGOOSEBERRY
5 September 1996Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestMIRACLE
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestFRINK DRAW
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestUNION
3 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestRENO RESERVOIR
22 September 2003Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestTIGERVILLE
2 September 2001Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestNEWTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Tigerville: 38 past producers, 16 occurrences, 10 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tin, Gold, Silver. 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
Annie No. 1 LodeTungsten, Tin, Mica, Feldspar, GraphitePast ProducerCassiterite, Feldspar, Graphite, Muscovite, Wolframite
Black Metal GroupTin, TungstenProspect
Burlington LodeSilver, GoldPast ProducerVein
General HarneyTin, Mica, Beryllium, FeldsparPast ProducerBeryl, Cassiterite, Mica
GertieTin, Feldspar, MicaPast ProducerCassiterite, Feldspar, Muscovite
MateenLithium, TinPast Producer1884, 1951
Olympia Tin ProspectTin, MicaOccurrenceCassiterite, Muscovite
Tiffel MineLead, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
Tin Chance and Tin Chance No 1Tungsten, Tin, BerylliumProspect1942
Tin Spike MineTin, Tungsten, Beryllium, MicaPast Producer

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
Redfern1.8 miles16
Reno4.4 miles20
Hill City4.6 miles20
Castleton (historical)6.2 miles16
Mystic6.9 miles16
Kennedyville7.2 miles20
Oreville7.6 miles19
Canyon City (historical)7.7 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on TigervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709790The 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 1265396. 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.