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Blaisdell, North Dakota

4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in McGahan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58718. The Survey maps it on the Blaisdell quadrangle.

Blaisdell within Mountrail County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 4 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Blaisdell between 2005 and 2019, burning about 71 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 July 2017Fireworks1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBLAISDELL FIREWORKS
6 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMM 100
4 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBLAISDELL ROAD
6 May 2019Smoking1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 2 MM 103
4 May 2005Equipment and vehicle use50 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
8 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
15 April 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
25 November 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mountrail County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blaisdell in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBlaisdell-The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph.
September 2014Funnel CloudBlaisdell-The location of the funnel cloud was estimated based on radar. The trained spotter was located in Stanley and reported the funnel to be an estimated 15 to 20 miles to their northeast.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Blaisdell-Professional storm chasers reported this brief tornado. There were no reports of damage so the tornado is rated EF0.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBlaisdell-The report indicated that no damage was done.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBlaisdell-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBlaisdell-no account filed
September 2019HailBlaisdell-no account filed
June 2018HailBlaisdell-no account filed
June 2018HailBlaisdell-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBlaisdell-no account filed
June 2016HailBlaisdell-no account filed
September 2014HailBlaisdell-no account filed
August 2010HailBlaisdell-no account filed
June 2009HailBlaisdell-no account filed
July 2005HailBlaisdell-no account filed
August 2003HailBlaisdell-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBlaisdell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mountrail County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tagus7.6 miles6
Palermo8.1 miles4
Coulee14.8 miles7
Stanley16.7 miles5
Wassaic16.7 miles4
Epworth17.1 miles4
Belden19.6 miles4
Lostwood20.8 miles4

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1028039. 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.