BlockAlton, North Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hillsboro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58045. The Survey maps it on the Kelso quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1918 USGS Kelso quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Kelso quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kelso quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Alton between 2005 and 2012, burning about 360 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LEINING FARMSTEAD |
| 6 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alton in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alton | - | Semi truck was flipped over on Interstate 29. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alton | - | NWS employee reported estimated 50 to 60 mph wind gusts ahead of the main line of storms just south of Hillsboro. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alton | - | A tree was blown down near mile marker 100 along Interstate 29. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Alton | - | Brief but very heavy rain mixed with strong winds and hail to bring all lanes of traffic to a stop along Interstate 29 near mile post 100. Traffic was able to resume after about a 10 to 15 minute period. Heavy rain fell over a roughly 20 minute period. A nearby NDAWN mesonet site measured peak winds to 48 mph and 1.07 inches of rain during the period. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Alton | - | A persistent wall cloud with a funnel was reported by local fire department personnel. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Alton | - | 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 1033829. 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.