BlockEssex, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Minnewaukan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58301. The Survey maps it on the Crary quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Crary quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Crary quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Essex between 2007 and 2019, burning about 132 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | THISTLE |
| 3 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | OLD 2 |
| 5 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FALSE |
| 16 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | 248 |
| 15 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | PASTURE |
| 13 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ROHR |
| 31 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BROWN |
| 24 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TONY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Essex in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Rohrville | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Crary | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Devils Lake | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sweetwater | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Camp Grafton | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lakewood Park | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Southam | 10.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033852. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.