Skaar, North Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Southwest McKenzie unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58621. It stands on North Fork Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Skaar quadrangle. It stands 2,241 feet above sea level.

Skaar within McKenzie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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.

1909 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Skaar quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Glendive quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Skaar quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Skaar between 2000 and 2006, burning about 128 acres in total. 3 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
Natural	3

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
6 September 2002	Natural	25 acres	Dakota Prairie National Grasslands	METCALF
2 August 2000	Natural	100 acres	Dakota Prairie National Grasslands	POISON SPRING
12 July 2006	Natural	2.7 acres	Dakota Prairie National Grasslands	POISON CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Homesteaders Gap

Every fire recorded in McKenzie County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Skaar: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Scoria Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Scoria Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Scoria Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in McKenzie 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Homesteaders Gap	10.0 miles	8
East Fairview	33.1 miles	8
Harding	33.1 miles	8
Cartwright	34.1 miles	7
Charbonneau	36.2 miles	7
Dore	37.8 miles	8
Alexander	38.7 miles	7
Rawson	40.6 miles	6

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 Q7533672

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 1035153. 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.