BlockNorth Lemmon, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the East Adams unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57638. The Survey maps it on the Lemmon quadrangle. It stands 2,579 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Lemmon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Lemmon quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Lemmon quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Lemmon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of North Lemmon between 2000 and 2020, burning about 3,961 acres in total. 4 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | A BALE |
| 17 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 3,500 acres | Isabel Volunteer Fire Department | LADUE/ WESINGER |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FREY 2 |
| 16 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | AIRPORT ROAD |
| 12 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | S BALE |
| 7 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.3 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FINNS 1 |
| 29 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GROVES FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 North Lemmon: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on North Lemmon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7055937 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1030466. 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.