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Virginia, South Dakota

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the South Lawrence unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57732. It stands on Strawberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deadwood South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Virginia within Lawrence County

On record in Virginia

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

8 surveys from 20 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Virginia (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,636 acres in total. 44 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
Natural44
Debris and open burning29
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
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
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
6 September 2005Natural1.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestTHOMPSON
6 September 2005Natural1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestBUTCHER
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestUGLY SNAG
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTAN
5 September 1995Natural2.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestANCHOR HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 109 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 109 workings within 5 miles of Virginia (historical): 82 past producers, 10 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 6 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead, Lead. 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
Anaconda MineGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1878
Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc.Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1878, 1937
Belle Eldridge Gold MinesGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1890
Bion MineGold, Silver, SulfurPast Producer
Double Rainbow Or Richmond - Sitting BullZinc, Gold, Lead, SilverProducerChalcopyrite
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Groshong MineSilver, Lead, VanadiumPast ProducerReplacement
Hardin PropertiesGold, Iron, SulfurOccurrence
Hoffman Iron Deposit MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1948
Horseshoe - Comet MineSilver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerReplacement

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
Galena0.7 miles20
Roubaix3.6 miles20
Brownsville (historical)4.3 miles20
Elizabethtown (historical)5.1 miles19
Carterville (historical)5.2 miles20
Pluma5.2 miles20
Chinatown5.3 miles19
Boulder Canyon5.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264647. 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.