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Saint Michael, North Dakota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mission Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58370. The Survey maps it on the Tokio quadrangle. It stands 1,463 feet above sea level.

Saint Michael within Benson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

3,198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3,198 fires within 5 miles of Saint Michael between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,845 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2978 were 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
Arson/incendiarism2978
Debris and open burning169
Fireworks18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes4
Natural1

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
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFort Totten AgencyGEORGA
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFort Totten Agency389
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFort Totten Agency390
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFort Totten Agency388
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFort Totten Agency387
9 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFort Totten AgencyMS1910
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFort Totten AgencyTH1716
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFort Totten Agency156

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Saint Michael: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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
Cavanaugh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Siou Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benson 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
Tokio5.1 miles14
Fort Totten6.4 miles14
Warwick12.4 miles10
Oberon18.1 miles11
Lallie18.2 miles11
Minnewaukan21.0 miles7
Tilden23.1 miles10
Josephine23.6 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on Saint MichaelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7401912The 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 1031235. 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.