BlockMoselle, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Danton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58081. The Survey maps it on the Moselle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1907 USGS Wyndmere quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moselle quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lisbon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Moselle between 2016 and 2018, burning about 2 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | CAR ACCIDENT |
| 4 July 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 21 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DOTZENROD GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moselle in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moselle | - | The Richland County Sheriff reported a corridor from five miles west to three miles east of Wyndmere, where there were several reports of trees down in yards. There were also numerous reports of one to two inch diameter tree branches blown down across highway 13 in this region. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyndmere | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Barney | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mantador | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bayne | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Stiles | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mooreton | 11.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lidgerwood | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview Junction | 14.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033781. 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.
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.