BlockZenith, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the West Stark unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58655. It stands on Norwegian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belfield NE quadrangle. It stands 2,513 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Belfield NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Belfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Zenith between 2015 and 2020, burning about 27 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | I 94 2 |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MISSOURI BASIN |
| 4 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MIKE OBACH |
| 7 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 132 AVE |
| 3 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | I 94 |
| 28 March 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RON BUCKMAN |
| 13 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BOB PROCIVE |
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.
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 Zenith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988856 | 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 1033930. 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.