BlockFairview Colony, North Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dean Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58458. The Survey maps it on the LaMoure SW 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 La Moure quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Lamoure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS La Moure SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fairview Colony in 2016, burning about 41 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 | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TROY HANSON |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DOMINIC SCHEER |
| 24 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MARILYN DEAN |
| 20 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MARILYN DEAN |
| 14 March 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JOE WEIGEL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| LaMoure | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Grand Rapids | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Willowbank Colony | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Independence | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Medberry | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dickey | 14.1 miles | 10 | |
| Benson Corner | 14.6 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122553147 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2745992. 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.