BlockSchafer, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Central McKenzie unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58854. It stands on Northfork Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schafer 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.
- 1953 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Schafer quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Schafer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Schafer between 2007 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | BALE 1 |
| 26 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | BEAVER CREEK |
| 25 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DEAD EAGLE FIRE |
| 23 September 2020 | Natural | 65 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BEAVER CREEK |
| 26 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CHICKEN AND CORN |
| 21 August 2016 | Fireworks | 29 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GUN RANGE |
| 2 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 125TH AVE |
| 2 August 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MM310 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Schafer: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norstag Pit | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watford City | 5.1 miles | 6 | |
| Johnsons Corner | 13.0 miles | 8 | |
| Croff | 13.5 miles | 8 | |
| Arnegard | 13.5 miles | 6 | |
| Keene | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| Banks | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rawson | 18.8 miles | 6 | |
| Hawkeye | 21.3 miles | 8 |
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 Schafer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7430910 | 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 1031373. 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.