BlockScoria Point, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the North Billings unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58645. The Survey maps it on the Fryburg NW quadrangle. It stands 2,562 feet above sea level.
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 Dickinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fryburg NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Belfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Fryburg NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Scoria Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Dakota Prairie National Grasslands | SULLY CREEK |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.2 acres | Theodore Roosevelt National Park | RAILROAD RIP RAP |
| 23 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Theodore Roosevelt National Park | I-94 |
| 9 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Theodore Roosevelt National Park | MIX PIT |
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Theodore Roosevelt National Park | LIGHTING 1 |
| 5 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Theodore Roosevelt National Park | BOICOURT |
| 5 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MM 19 TRNP |
| 3 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Dakota Prairie National Grasslands | CORRAL 7 |
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 Scoria Point: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoria Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medora | 2.4 miles | 6 | |
| Sully Springs | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Fryburg | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Six Mile Corner | 16.0 miles | 7 | |
| Gorham | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fairfield | 22.6 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7435340 | 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 1035135. 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.