Wonderland Homes, South Dakota

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1957. It stands in the Southwest Meade unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57718. It lies near Stagebarn Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Blackhawk quadrangle.

Wonderland Homes within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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.

1893 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1898 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1903 USGS Rapid quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Blackhawk quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Rapid City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

226 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Wonderland Homes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,817 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 2 were 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	62
Debris and open burning	49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	32
Equipment and vehicle use	27
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Fireworks	12
Recreation and ceremony	12
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Smoking	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Firearms and explosives use	1
Other causes	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
8 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	MARKER 51
8 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
7 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	SOMERSET
7 September 1997	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	HAYSTACK
5 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Meade	CHESTNUT FIRE
4 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Black Hills National Forest	STAGEBARN RIDGE
4 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WESTBERRY 2
30 September 2015	Natural	2.5 acres	Black Hills National Forest	STAGEBARN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wonderland Homes: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alverson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Double Rainbow	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer	1876, 1881
Dakota Plaster Co Pit	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
U S Gypsum Co Piedmont Operation	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
U.S. Gypsum	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer	Gypsum

Every working recorded in Meade 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Summerset	0.9 miles	16
Goiens (historical)	2.7 miles	18
Piedmont	3.2 miles	18
Blackhawk	4.0 miles	16
Carwye (historical)	4.4 miles	18
Tilford	8.2 miles	16
Runkel (historical)	12.1 miles	20
Buffalo Chip	15.0 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2807115. 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.