Frontier Homesteads, North Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Mandan City. It lies in ZIP code area 58554. The Survey maps it on the Bismarck quadrangle.
On record in Frontier Homesteads
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mandan Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Lewis and Clark Hotellisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 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
49 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Frontier Homesteads between 2004 and 2020, burning about 445 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 | 15 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CRESTWOOD FIRE |
| 30 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ROUGHRIDER |
| 21 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | RIVER RD |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | I-94 MM 122 |
| 17 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FD2009170004 |
| 7 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 57TH STREET FIRE |
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Frontier Homesteads: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U S Noonlite Mine & Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Bismarck State Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dakota Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dakota Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Helm Bros Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hot Plant Site Falconer | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sunny Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wetch Pit | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandan | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Meadow Park | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Twin City Estates | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Haven | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| On-a-Slant Village (historical) | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sunny | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lyons | 9.6 miles | 5 | |
| Harmon | 9.6 miles | 10 |
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 Q122570027 | 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 2515486. 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.






