BlockGaylord, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the West Stark unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58622. The Survey maps it on the Daglum NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Daglum quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Belfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Daglum NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Daglum NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gaylord between 2005 and 2018, burning about 142 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 43 STREET |
| 4 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2017 | Natural | 100 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RICHARD |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gaylord: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoria Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Scoria Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sec. 2-137n-100w Unknown | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Uranium | Past 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 1035327. 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.