BlockRalston, North Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Burlington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58701. The Survey maps it on the Minot NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1928 USGS Minot quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Minot NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Minot NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Minot quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Ralston between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,085 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 66 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RAIL/FIELD FIRE |
| 12 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | KLEVEN FIRE |
| 11 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | KLEVEN FIRE |
| 9 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 107 |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | WILOW FIRE |
| 2 May 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 25 |
| 1 May 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 150 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 24 |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,800 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RAGING HILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ralston: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Minot Paving Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Minot Pit and Plant | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033906. 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.