BlockPinkham, North Dakota
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Reed Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58102. It stands on Maple River. The Survey maps it on the West Fargo North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 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.
- 1895 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1897 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 12 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS West Fargo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS West Fargo North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
34 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Pinkham between 2005 and 2020, burning about 64 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ASPLIN FIRE |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 38 ST S DITCH FIRE |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 64TH AVE. N. & 25TH ST. N. FARGO |
| 7 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | FARM FEILD CONTROLLED BURN |
| 30 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | I29 NEAR MILE MARKER 69 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinkham in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Pinkham | - | Many sources around the Fargo area reported funnels on the afternoon of the 11th. All of the funnels were short lived and did not touch down. The most visible funnel was reported just west of the Fargo landfill, along 12th Avenue North. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reiles Acres | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Riverside | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| West Fargo | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| South West Fargo | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Fife | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Harwood | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Brooktree Park | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| North River | 5.8 miles | 25 |
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 Q122567439 | 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 1033787. 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.