BlockBarton, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Pierce unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58384. The Survey maps it on the Barton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Barton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bottineau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Barton between 1998 and 2015, burning about 28 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | WELK |
| 12 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge | GRAVEL |
| 14 July 2014 | Natural | 4.3 acres | J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District | ROUND LAKE |
| 1 June 2015 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BARTON |
| 24 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | North Dakota State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | STRAND FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barton in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Flood | Barton | $271,000 | Heavy runoff generated from snowmelt caused overland flooding which washed out several county roads. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $150,000 | Winds were estimated at 100 miles per hour by a local resident with a wind meter. Numerous trees in the Barton area were uprooted, and several structures were damaged from the very strong winds. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $125,000 | Multiple blue spruce trees were snapped and down to the east of Barton. In addition, some large cottonwoods and other native trees were uprooted and blown over. A free standing grain bin was also knocked over. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $25,000 | The winds combined with one-inch diameter hail to damage siding on a home. Crops were also damaged. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Barton | $25,000 | Overland flooding damaged county and township roads. No homes were flooded in March. Flooding continued into April. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | Wind gusts to 60 mph were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | Wind gusts to 60 mph were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | Winds were estimated at 60 miles per hour. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Barton | - | The tornado destroyed a barn. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Barton | - | brief tornado touchdown 3 nw Barton |
| August 2019 | Hail | Barton | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Barton | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Barton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Barton | - | 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 1027821. 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.