BlockBlabon, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Melrose Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58046. The Survey maps it on the Blabon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Blabon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blabon in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2008 | Hail | Blabon | $100,000 | The Steele County sheriff reported the quarter sized hail accumulated to a depth of one foot. Several sections of cropland received damage in northern Melrose township. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blabon | - | Personal weather station via Weather Underground, I.D. Brent Johnson NA86 Airport - KNDHOPE4. Measured gust to 92 mph. Duration of severe gusts 100 minutes. Duration of significant severe gusts over 75 mph 65 minutes. Extreme wind gusts associated with MCV on back side of Derecho. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blabon | - | Received a report of a 61 mph wind gust as measured on a personal weather station. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blabon | - | Six large trees were uprooted. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Blabon | - | Three quarters of an inch of rain and some dime to quarter sized hail fell across northwest Riverside Township. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blabon | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blabon | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Blabon | - | There were several reports of 4.50 inches of rain. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Blabon | - | The time was estimated. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Blabon | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Blabon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blabon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Blabon | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Blabon | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickert | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sherbrooke | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hope | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Finley | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Colgate | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Luverne | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sharon | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Interlaken (historical) | 14.8 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Blabon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122596622 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1028019. 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.
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.