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Pierce, North Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Apple Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58504. It stands on Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Menoken SW quadrangle. It stands 1,654 feet above sea level.

Pierce within Burleigh 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.

Fires near this place

28 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Pierce between 2017 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 September 2020Debris and open burning10 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHAMILTON
27 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceCOUNTRY CLUB DR
25 August 2019Naturalunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest Service499 NE 80TH STREET
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest Service80TH STREET
13 August 2018Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceAPPLE CREEK FIRE
1 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest Service354
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service66TH ST SE
6 July 2017Railroad operations and maintenance12 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceRR ROW FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burleigh County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pierce: 3 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dakota PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hot Plant Site FalconerSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Burleigh 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hillcrest Acres1.5 miles11
Lincoln1.9 miles11
Mister Bs Estates3.8 miles11
Colonial Estates4.1 miles11
Stardust Terrace4.3 miles11
Holiday Park4.7 miles11
Bismarck5.0 miles11
Hay Creek Court5.4 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q7191759The 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 1033900. 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.