BlockBordulac, North Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bordulac Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58421. The Survey maps it on the Bordulac quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1900 USGS Pingree quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Bordulac quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bordulac between 2015 and 2020, burning about 99 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LAKE GEORGE 2 |
| 7 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LURA TREE PILE |
| 27 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | INDIGAARD |
| 2 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DOELING CORN FIELD FIRE |
| 3 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CLARKE |
| 9 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DOME |
| 30 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SCHROEDER 2 |
| 16 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | P BECKLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bordulac in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordulac | $2,000,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds of 65 to 105 miles per hour tore across Foster County causing extensive damage on many farms and in towns. Damage included grain bins destroyed, a grain elevator severely damaged, roofs torn off of outbuildings, and damage to homes. Vehicle damage was also surveyed, including to a semi tractor that was struck by a grain bin. Agricultural damage was severe and extensive. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Bordulac | $1,000,000 | Very heavy rain washed out a culvert under the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks near Kensal at a bridge crossing the James River. The washout caused two locomotives and approximately 25 cars to derail. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordulac | $250,000 | Road signs were bent, railroad crossing arms were damaged, and a grain bin was lifted and flipped in the area. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bordulac | $75,000 | Trees were uprooted, and a roof was blown off a structure. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Bordulac | - | This is one of the two tornadoes that occurred at approximately the same time east of Bordulac. The tornado touched down in an open field impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Bordulac | - | This is one of the two tornadoes that occurred at approximately the same time east of Bordulac. The tornado touched down in an open field impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Bordulac | - | This tornado was considered to be a landspout tornado. It occurred over rural areas east-southeast of Bordoulac, and no damage occurred. Therefore, it was rated EF0. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bordulac | - | A heavy rainfall report of 4.22 inches was received. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Bordulac | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bordulac | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Bordulac | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Heavy Rain | Bordulac | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melville | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Carrington | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Guptill | 12.8 miles | 10 | |
| Grace City | 14.1 miles | 12 | |
| Barlow | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Juanita | 16.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lemert | 18.0 miles | 10 | |
| Glenfield | 21.5 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122542803 | 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 1028080. 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.