BlockGenoa, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1980. It stands in North Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58768. The Survey maps it on the Norwich 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.
- 1948 USGS Velva quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Velva quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Velva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Genoa between 2005 and 2019, burning about 303 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 930181 |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2018-18 |
| 31 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2019-13 |
| 2 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2019-9 |
| 16 May 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RR FIRE |
| 16 May 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RR FIRE #2 |
| 12 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-13 |
| 9 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033860. 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.