Boynton, North Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Keystone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58436. The Survey maps it on the Monango quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Monango quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Edgeley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Edgeley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Monango quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Boynton in 2017, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MERKEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone (historical) | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Monango | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Duane | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Fullerton | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Maple River Colony | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ellendale | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Merricourt | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Silverleaf | 13.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1035525. 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.






