BlockBowesmont, North Dakota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58225. The Survey maps it on the Bowesmont quadrangle. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1939 USGS Drayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Drayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Bowesmont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cavalier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowesmont in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 2008 | Hail | Bowesmont | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowesmont | - | Measured gust from an RWIS site in Pembina county. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowesmont | - | A Cottonwood tree was blown down. Several branches and limbs were found in shelterbelts near Interstate 29. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowesmont | - | The wind gust was measured by a RWIS mesonet sensor along Interstate 29. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowesmont | - | The wind gust was measured by a North Dakota DOT RWIS sensor along Interstate 29. |
| July 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Bowesmont | - | A rain wrapped funnel was viewed briefly. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowesmont | - | Several 4 to 6 inch diameter branches were broken off. Stacks of sheet metal for a building were strewn about by the strong winds. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowesmont | - | A ND DOT RWIS site measured a 58 mph wind gust. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Bowesmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Bowesmont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fleece | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Drayton | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Joliette | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| McArthur | 13.1 miles | 14 | |
| Glasston | 14.3 miles | 10 | |
| Dimock (historical) | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Thomas | 15.0 miles | 11 |
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 Bowesmont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4950972 | 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 1028097. 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.