BlockUpland Colony, South Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Butler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57314. The Survey maps it on the Farwell NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Farwell NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Salem quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Upland Colony between 2000 and 2014, burning about 338 acres in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 15 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SIBSON |
| 15 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Hanson County | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Davison County | 24579 411 |
| 9 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 8 October 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TOLTON BALER |
| 30 October 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farwell | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Letcher | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Artesian | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ruskin Park | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Forestburg | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cuthbert | 14.6 miles | 11 | |
| Woonsocket | 20.0 miles | 9 |
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 Q122569473 | The 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 2724516. 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.