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Vodnany, South Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Bon Homme unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57059. The Survey maps it on the Tripp quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Vodnany within Bon Homme County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Vodnany (historical) between 2007 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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/undetermined4

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
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGOPHER FIRE
15 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
26 November 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDITCH FIRE
25 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionKRIZ

Every fire recorded in Bon Homme County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vodnany (historical): 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
August Wiederich Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
E.Schneider Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elmer Schneider Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jake Nehousky Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
John Winckler Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
V.J. Novotny Gravel Pit Area BSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
V.J.Novotny Gravel Pit Area ASand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bon Homme 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
Scotland8.8 miles12
Tyndall9.5 miles9
Avon12.8 miles9
Kingsburg15.1 miles9
Tabor17.2 miles9
Springfield19.1 miles10
Perkins19.5 miles11
Bon Homme Colony20.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2678885. 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.