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Tinton, South Dakota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the North Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57783. It lies near Negro Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tinton quadrangle.

Tinton within Lawrence County

On record in Tinton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

71 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Tinton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 2 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
Natural36
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestFILLMORE
3 September 2011Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestPOLE CABIN
27 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestDAISY
12 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBALDY
12 September 2005Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestMILL CREEK
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestMALLORY
9 August 2016Natural1.2 acresBlack Hills National ForestHIGGINS
8 August 2015Natural1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryNORTH REDWATER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Tinton: 17 prospects, 15 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tin, Tin, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Gold. 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
Black Hills Tin CompanyTin, Tantalum, Lithium, Gold, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer1876
Black Hills Tin CompanyTin, Gold, Lithium, TantalumProducer
Bull HillStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Fissule MineGold, SilverUnknown
Giant-VolneyTin, Lithium, TantalumUnknown
Giant-Volney MineTantalum, Lithium, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, TinPast ProducerAmblygonite, Cassiterite, Columbite, Feldspar, Lithiophilite, Spodumene, Tantalite
Giant-Volney PegmatiteLithium, Tantalum, Tin, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer1876, 1903
Keenan PropertiesTin, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Tungsten, LithiumProducerSpodumene
Keenan PropertiesGold, Tin, Tungsten, TantalumPast Producer
Keenan Properties PlacerGold, Tungsten, Tin, TantalumPast Producer1876

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Beaver Crossing2.4 miles18
Savoy6.5 miles18
Victoria7.5 miles19
Dacy (historical)7.6 miles18
Maurice8.1 miles19
Preston8.7 miles18
Ragged Top (historical)8.7 miles18
Carbonate (historical)9.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265397. 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.