BlockLake Jessie, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Twelve Mile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58843. It sits by Sliding Bluff (historical). The Survey maps it on the Lake Jessie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1911 USGS Ray quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Lake Jessie quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Williston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lake Jessie in 2018, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | WET SRTORM |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Creek | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Avoca | 11.6 miles | 6 | |
| Spring Brook | 13.9 miles | 7 | |
| Williston | 14.1 miles | 6 | |
| Lunds Landing | 14.5 miles | 7 | |
| Epping | 15.1 miles | 7 | |
| Wheelock | 17.6 miles | 7 | |
| Ray | 22.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1029800. 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.