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Trojan, South Dakota

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the North Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57754. It lies near Green Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lead quadrangle.

Trojan within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Trojan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,284 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 1 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
Natural44
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
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
9 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWAR EAGLE 2
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMontana/Dakotas State OfficeSHEEPTAIL GULCH
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestCHEYENNE
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestICEBOX 2
30 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSKATEBOARD
30 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWASHINGTON CA
28 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionHIGH RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 262 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 262 workings within 5 miles of Trojan: 178 past producers, 39 producers, 24 unknowns, 11 occurrences. 45 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Silver, 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
Alder Creek Gold Mining CompanyGold, Silver, TungstenPast ProducerGold, Silver
Durango MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Silver, Wolframite
Durango MineGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Golden Reward MineGold, Silver, TelluriumPast ProducerReplacement
Hidden Fortune MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Homestake Filtration PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Iron HillZinc, Silver, Silica, Manganese, Lead, Iron, Gold, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1881, 1885
Iron Hill MineGold, Silver, Lead, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Vanadinite
Moores, False Bottom CreekMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Ross Hannibal GroupGold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumPast Producer1890

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
Terry1.3 miles17
Carthage (historical)1.7 miles17
Kirk2.4 miles17
Ragged Top (historical)2.8 miles18
Preston2.8 miles18
Elmore3.2 miles18
Cheyenne Crossing3.6 miles17
Central City3.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265400. 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.