Bloom, North Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bloom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58401. The Survey maps it on the Bloom quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1896 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Bloom quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Bloom between 2000 and 2019, burning about 154 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10412 |
| 4 July 2016 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 40316 |
| 12 June 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10319 |
| 12 June 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10312 |
| 1 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10239 |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 170218 |
| 3 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 150218 |
| 25 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10238 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bloom: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scherbenski Excavting Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloom in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloom | $2,000 | A power line blew down onto the road. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Bloom | - | The tornado briefly touched down southwest of Spiritwood from the storm that eventually produced the damaging tornado that developed east of Spiritwood and tracked into Barnes County. This occurred in an open field and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bloom | - | The large hail stones were lying on the road as the officer drove through the area. No damage was reported. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bloom | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jamestown Junction | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Frontier Village | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jamestown | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Homer | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Spiritwood | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Johnson | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Parkhurst | 8.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1028044. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.




