BlockRustad, Minnesota
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Kurtz Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56560. The Survey maps it on the Comstock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 22 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.
- 1895 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1897 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 12 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Comstock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Rustad in 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HURLEY CONTROL BURN |
| 1 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ALOND INTERSTATE |
| 5 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | INTERSTATE 29 / 54 MM FIRE |
| 1 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 8505 25TH STREET SOUTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rustad in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Rustad | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Rustad | $15,000 | This tornado crossed the Red River into Minnesota (it originated southeast of Wild Rice, ND) and moved east before lifting just west of Rustad. Many trees were twisted or snapped off along the tornado path. Several farm buildings were damaged one mile west of Rustad. One wooden grain bin was moved about 6 feet off its foundation and the door of a 50x150 foot storage shed was blown in and pushed halfway across the shed. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Rustad | $10,000 | Fields and farm access roads were flooded by repeated heavy rains. Portions of southern Barnesville and Alliance townships received from 3 to 6 inches of rain from late afternoon through the evening of the 16th. |
| June 2009 | Flood | Rustad | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rustad | - | One-half mile of wooden power poles were blown down by severe winds. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Rustad | - | This tornado, the second tornado in this cyclic series (2A), made intermittent ground contact as it tracked northeast for about a half a mile, mainly over open fields. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Rustad | - | This tornado originated one mile west of Wild Rice in Cass County, North Dakota. The tornado continued along a 2.5 mile track in Minnesota, uprooting or snapping off numerous trees around two farmsteads. Debris was carried into nearby fields up to 200 yards away. A deck was torn off a home and a small metal shed was destroyed by the debris. At least one power pole was snapped off, which resulted in power outages across Kurtz Township. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 110 mph. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rustad | - | Numerous 3 inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Rustad | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Rustad | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Rustad | - | no account filed |
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 650427. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.