BlockAylmer, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Antelope Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58710. The Survey maps it on the Anamoose quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1940 USGS Aylmer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Anamoose quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Drake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Aylmer between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CP RAIL FIRE |
| 4 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | HEATH HOAKES |
| 20 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HIGHWAY 52 FIRE MILE MARKER 153 |
| 23 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | H AVE WEST/HIWAY 52 DITCH |
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 1027773. 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.