BlockMcCanna, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elm Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58251. The Survey maps it on the Orr 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.
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Orr quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of McCanna between 2013 and 2019, burning about 33 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-47 |
| 20 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 36 |
| 20 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 33 |
| 26 May 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-26 |
| 26 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-27 |
| 20 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2019-26 |
| 16 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2019-25 |
| 16 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 21 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hannah Junction | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Orr | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Larimore | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Niagara | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Inkster | 10.6 miles | 8 | |
| Forest River Colony | 12.2 miles | 8 | |
| Honeyford | 12.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1030133. 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.