BlockHample, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Verner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58474. The Survey maps it on the Crete quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Crete quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lisbon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hample between 2002 and 2018, burning about 118 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | PICKLE FIRE |
| 28 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Tewaukon Wetland Management District | HEARTBURN |
| 21 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 282017 |
| 13 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ZETOCHA FIRE |
| 21 February 2002 | Smoking | 70 acres | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | HARTLEBEN |
| 4 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 782017 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crete | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholson | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Straubville | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Harlem (historical) | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Stirum | 10.4 miles | 7 | |
| Cogswell | 10.6 miles | 7 | |
| Brampton | 14.5 miles | 7 | |
| Gwinner | 17.8 miles | 8 |
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 Q122539659 | 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 1033861. 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.