BlockArena, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Harriet-Lein Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58494. The Survey maps it on the Arena quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Arena quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Arena between 2013 and 2015, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | WETZEL LODER FIRE |
| 13 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ARENA FIRE |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arena in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arena | $400,000 | A farmstead two miles east of Arena sustained heavy damage from severe thunderstorm straight line winds. One outbuilding was destroyed, a television antenna was blown down, roof damage was sustained to the home and another outbuilding, and several trees had damage. The severity of the damage was indicative of winds up to 90 miles per hour. |
| September 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Arena | - | The tornado touched down in an open field north of Arena and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arena | - | No damage was reported with the strong winds. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Arena | - | Touch down in open field. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Arena | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Arena | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Arena | - | 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 1027728. 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.