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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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.
- 1953 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Blaisdell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BLAISDELL FIREWORKS |
| 6 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MM 100 |
| 4 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BLAISDELL ROAD |
| 6 May 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HIGHWAY 2 MM 103 |
| 4 May 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 25 November 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blaisdell | - | The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph. |
| September 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Blaisdell | - | 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 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Blaisdell | - | Professional storm chasers reported this brief tornado. There were no reports of damage so the tornado is rated EF0. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blaisdell | - | The report indicated that no damage was done. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Blaisdell | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blaisdell | - | 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 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.


