Fire Underwriters Inspection Bureau North Dakota Fire Insurance Maps
Collection
Identifier: Oversize 16
Scope and Contents
The North Dakota fire insurance maps cover from 1921 to 1965, but the bulk of maps is from 1954 to 1965. There are a total of 475 maps covering 409 towns in North Dakota. The maps are arranged alphabetically by town and date. They are similar in appearance to Sanborn maps except they usually include only commercial structures and not houses. There is an introductory paragraph giving population, type of waterworks system, fire department and equipment, any alarm system, and whether there is building and fire prevention ordinances. The structures are color coded and addition names, streets, and lots are given. The maps were done in two sizes, circa 26 x 22 inches and circa 13.5 x 10 inches.
Dates
- 1921-1965
Creator
- Fire Underwriters Inspection Bureau. (Organization)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
The Institute does not hold the copyrights.
History
The Minnesota and Dakota Fire Underwriters was organized in 1894. In 1903, the name changed to Minnesota and North Dakota Fire Underwriters and in 1909 to General Inspection Company. In 1923 the name became General Inspection Bureau and in 1933 it became the Fire Underwriters Inspection Bureau, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It reorganized as Insurance Services Office of Minnesota in 1972. The insurance maps they prepared were used by fire insurance companies and underwriters in writing policies
on commercial and public structures located in smaller towns in North Dakota and Minnesota. What other states the company covered is not known.
The Fire Underwriters Inspection Bureau was small in comparison to the Sanborn Map Company of Pelham, New York, which produced maps for larger cities, including Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, and Williston in North Dakota. Meanwhile, the Fire Underwriters Inspection Bureau's policy was to map every town not already mapped by Sanborn, which usually was limited to small towns.
Early edition fire insurance maps are particularly rare, because the bureau disposed of outdated editions when new editions were released. It is possible that early editions have been retained by local insurance companies.
Extent
475 Maps (475 maps.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Consists of the North Dakota fire insurance maps the company produced for 409 of the smaller communities in the state, the bulk dating between 1954 and 1965.
Provenance
Donated by Thomas Harvey, Minneapolis, 1987 (Accession 2208).
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
Creator
- Fire Underwriters Inspection Bureau. (Organization)
- General Inspection Company. (Organization)
- General Inspection Bureau. (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Fire Underwriters Inspection Bureau North Dakota Fire Insurance Maps
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu