BlockTruax, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the East Mercer unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58545. The Survey maps it on the Hazen West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hazen West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Truax between 2012 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | RDO FIRE |
| 3 July 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 592 CTY RD 27 |
| 26 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 125 9TH AVE SW |
| 18 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 621 3RD AVE NW |
| 17 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CTY RD 27 6 M N HAZEN |
| 4 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 18 |
| 29 June 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SAILER FIRE |
| 29 June 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 721 CTY RD 27 |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazen | 4.6 miles | 5 | |
| Beulah | 9.6 miles | 6 | |
| Stanton | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pick City | 14.7 miles | 7 | |
| Knife River Village (historical) | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Zap | 15.4 miles | 5 | |
| Golden Valley | 22.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032540. 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.