BlockMaza, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Maza Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58324. The Survey maps it on the Cando 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.
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cando quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cando quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Maza between 2012 and 2019, burning about 4 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 | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.8 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | KRACK |
| 4 July 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 201922 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Maza: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Gravel & Ready Mix | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maza in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Hail | Maza | - | Intermittent large hail fell with very heavy rain. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maza | - | Several six inch diameter tree branches were blown down near Cando. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maza | - | A few large branches were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Maza | - | Water covered a road. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maza | - | Many large branches were blown down in a shelterbelt. Hay and grain crops were flattened. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Maza | - | Dime to nickel sized hail fell along the Benson/Towner county line. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maza | - | Many 4 inch diameter tree limbs and parts of trees were blown off. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Maza | - | A farmer watched a tornado in a field, which then moved into a slough and lifted water 100 feet in the air. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Maza | - | Water backed up into yards and fields. Basement flooding was also reported. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Maza | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Maza | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Maza | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Maza | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Maza | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Maza | - | no account filed |
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 1037275. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.