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Burnt Fork

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Coordinates: 43°57′40″N 103°36′14″W / 43.96111°N 103.60389°W / 43.96111; -103.60389
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Burnt Fork is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

Some say Burnt Fork took its name from the local Burnt Ranch, while others believe an early forest fire caused the name to be selected.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burnt Fork
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 17.

43°57′40″N 103°36′14″W / 43.96111°N 103.60389°W / 43.96111; -103.60389


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