Colonial Estates, North Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Bismarck City. It lies in ZIP code area 58504. The Survey maps it on the Bismarck quadrangle.

Colonial Estates within Burleigh County

On record in Colonial Estates

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Dr. Albert M. and Evelyn M. Brandt Houselisted 2000 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1907 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:24000
1951 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

42 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Estates between 2004 and 2020, burning about 420 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Debris and open burning	8
Fireworks	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	3
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
21 September 2020	Smoking	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	RIVER RD
16 September 2020	Debris and open burning	10 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	HAMILTON
7 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	57TH STREET FIRE
13 August 2018	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	APPLE CREEK FIRE
12 August 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	DOLL BALE FIRE
1 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	354
9 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	66TH ST SE
6 July 2019	Fireworks	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	MCKENZIE DRIVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burleigh 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 Colonial Estates: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Airport Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bismarck State Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dakota Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hot Plant Site Falconer	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Macdonald S. Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Burleigh 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
Stardust Terrace	0.5 miles	11
Holiday Park	0.7 miles	11
Bismarck	1.3 miles	11
Parkview Estates	1.8 miles	11
Tatley Meadows	1.8 miles	11
Mister Bs Estates	3.5 miles	11
Hillcrest Acres	3.8 miles	11
North Valley Park	4.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2515465. 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.