BlockBrantford, North Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pleasant Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58356. The Survey maps it on the Brantford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1944 USGS Brantford quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brantford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Brantford quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Stump Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Brantford between 2012 and 2018, burning about 53 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GENE MILLER PIT FIRE |
| 14 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DAVE SWANSON FIRE |
| 22 April 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MERLIN MILLER FARM FIRE |
| 27 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | EASTER FIRE |
| 12 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MILLER FIRE |
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 Brantford: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit& Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brantford in 27 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 17 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Brantford | $500 | An area of 3 to 5 inches of rain over a two hour period caused localized flooding to fields and farm access roads across southern portions of Pleasant Prairie Township. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Brantford | - | Fields and farm access roads were flooded in eastern Columbia Township as a result of 3 to 6 inches of rainfall during the overnight and early morning hours. A small creek overtopped a portion of 82nd Ave NE and flooded portions of a nearby farm yard. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Brantford | - | Public reports quarter-sized hail. Crops were damaged by the hail. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Brantford | - | A trained weather spotter reported 1.25 inch hail (estimated). |
| August 2021 | Hail | Brantford | - | Received a public report of large hail and heavy rain. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantford | - | Several 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches were blown down in farmstead shelterbelts. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantford | - | Sheds were blown down. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF2) | Brantford | - | A tornado tracked across far southeast Hilldale Township into the far southwest corner of Eddy Township, snapping or uprooting numerous trees along the Sheyenne River valley. The roof was completely torn off a farmhouse, with several outbuildings also destroyed. Peak winds were estimated at 135 mph. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Brantford | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell along with very heavy rain. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantford | - | Three large 50,000 bushel steel grain bins were partially caved in at a farmstead and numerous large tree branches and limbs were broken off across central Pleasant Prairie Township. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantford | - | Numerous large tree branches and limbs were broken down across Columbia and western Cherry Lake townships. At two nearby farmsteads, one steel clad pole shed was collapsed, several steel grain bins were caved in, roofing was blown off a cattle shed, and other farm outbuildings were damaged. At another farmstead, one garage was blown down and several trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| July 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Brantford | - | A funnel formed northwest of McHenry (which is actually located in Foster County), north of the Eddy/Foster county line, and touched down near highway 20. The tornado then tracked intermittently to the east-northeast for about eight miles (about four miles of this occurred in Eddy County), to around three miles west-northwest of Red Willow Lake (in Griggs County). Numerous large tree tree branches were broken down or tree trunks snapped along the damage path. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Brantford | - | The occupants of a house heard the hail hitting the side of the house and woke up. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Brantford | - | Quarter to walnut sized hail fell with very heavy rain. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Brantford | - | A tornado briefly touched down. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Brantford | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Brantford | - | 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 1028116. 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.