BlockNew Minneapolis, North Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Eldridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58401. The Survey maps it on the Eldridge NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1896 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Eldridge NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Eldridge NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of New Minneapolis (historical) between 2001 and 2019, burning about 756 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 140312 |
| 6 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 50316 |
| 20 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 31054 |
| 2 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SAGESSAR |
| 19 May 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 230216 |
| 17 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 210216 |
| 12 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 60212 |
| 12 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | K-FARM |
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 1034354. 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.