BlockRansom City, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ransom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58013. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cayuga quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1907 USGS Wyndmere quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Cayuga quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lisbon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ransom City (historical) between 2003 and 2016, burning about 253 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BILL WALSH |
| 7 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | KRAUSE |
| 8 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | ANDERSON |
| 4 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 acres | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | PWK |
| 2 November 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.2 acres | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | PWK II |
| 4 October 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | RUTLAND/CAYUGA VFD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 1034553. 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.