BlockMcArthur, North Dakota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Joliette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58271. The Survey maps it on the Pembina quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1939 USGS Pembina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Pembina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Pembina quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cavalier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of McArthur between 1999 and 2019, burning about 1,792 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | DUSTY WILSON RESIDENCE |
| 2 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MARGARET RYAN LAND |
| 15 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 471 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | HOUGHTON JUHL WF |
| 21 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1,320 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | HOUGH&JUHL |
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 1033779. 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.