BlockWest Fork, South Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Haakon unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57553. It stands on Shanty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Murray Draw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pierre quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Philip quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of West Fork between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,284 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Natural | 1,100 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DUGAN STEWART - SMITH LANRY |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | 60 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Orient Volunteer Fire Department | MARTINMAAS DAIRY |
| 6 July 2005 | Natural | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 21 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rapid City Fire Department | 98-2279 |
| 13 July 2006 | Natural | 1.0 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1258893. 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.