On-a-Slant Village, North Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mandan unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58554. It stands on Heart River. The Survey maps it on the Bismarck quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

On-a-Slant Village within Morton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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 Bismarck quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:24000
1951 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

39 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of On-a-Slant Village (historical) between 2004 and 2020, burning about 407 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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	11
Debris and open burning	6
Fireworks	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	3
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
30 September 2005	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	not named
21 September 2020	Smoking	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	RIVER RD
12 August 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	DOLL BALE FIRE
6 July 2019	Fireworks	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	MCKENZIE DRIVE
3 July 2020	Natural	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	GRANER PARK TREE
27 July 2020	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	S WASHINGTON
20 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	#39 HWY 1806
2 July 2020	Fireworks	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	3RD AVE. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morton County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of On-a-Slant Village (historical): 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Airport Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bismarck State Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dakota Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dakota Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hot Plant Site Falconer	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Macdonald S. Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Wetch Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Morton County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Twin City Estates	3.6 miles	11
Meadow Park	4.2 miles	10
Frontier Homesteads	4.3 miles	11
Mandan	4.7 miles	10
Sunny	7.3 miles	10
Schmidt	7.3 miles	8
Lynwood	7.6 miles	7
Rock Haven	7.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1940259. 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.