BlockDivide, North Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Gates Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58374. The Survey maps it on the Sheyenne 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.
- 1931 USGS Oberon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Oberon quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Sheyenne quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Divide between 1992 and 2016, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | HILL |
| 5 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | not named |
| 21 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Fort Totten Agency | COYOTE |
| 18 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | RICKY BOBBIE |
| 12 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Fort Totten Agency | CHEESE |
| 29 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | not named |
| 26 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | not named |
| 10 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | MS1709 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Divide: 1 producer. All of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheyenne Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 1033848. 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.