BlockWhite Rock Colony, South Dakota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57260. The Survey maps it on the Boisberg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1915 USGS White Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS White Rock quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Boisberg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of White Rock Colony: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braun Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Braun Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Rock | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Rosholt | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Victor | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Diamond | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| New Effington | 16.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hammer | 21.4 miles | 6 | |
| Claire City | 25.7 miles | 6 | |
| Sisseton | 28.3 miles | 6 |
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 Q122593928 | 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 2724518. 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.
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.