BlockWassaic, North Dakota
4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in James Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58784. The Survey maps it on the Lostwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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 Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lostwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wassaic between 2002 and 2019, burning about 7,213 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,500 acres | Lostwood Wetland Management District | CLEAR LAKE |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MCGINNITY HAY FIELD |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CLEAR LAKE ROAD DITCH |
| 20 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CASEY JOHNSON |
| 26 June 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FENSTEMACKER 2 |
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 Wassaic: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sodium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sodium | Unknown |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033925. 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.