BlockRiga, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Riga Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58788. The Survey maps it on the Riga quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1949 USGS Riga quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Velva quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Riga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Riga between 2005 and 2019, burning about 722 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2019-19 |
| 15 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2018-12 |
| 15 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GENETSKY |
| 29 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | HWY FIRE CALL |
| 27 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-17 |
| 7 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2018-5 TONNESSON |
| 23 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-14 |
| 21 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
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 1035091. 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.