Banks, North Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Twin Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58854. The Survey maps it on the Banks quadrangle.

Banks within McKenzie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

1911 USGS Ray quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Banks quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Williston quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Banks quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Banks between 2011 and 2020, burning about 107 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
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Debris and open burning	2

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
17 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	2.2 acres	Dakota Prairie National Grasslands	PAD 74
30 July 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	LAKESIDE WHITING
18 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	RICHARD 8-5
17 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
14 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	STAT
26 April 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	SUNDAY FIRE
24 April 2011	Debris and open burning	100 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	SUNDAY FIRE
31 October 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	LITTLE HALOWEEN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKenzie County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Banks: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in McKenzie 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
Keene	15.5 miles	8
Schafer	16.5 miles	7
Watford City	17.0 miles	6
Hawkeye	17.0 miles	8
Charlson	17.2 miles	5
Arnegard	20.6 miles	6
Johnsons Corner	21.0 miles	8
Rawson	23.8 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1034697. 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.