BlockButtzville, North Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Casey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58054. The Survey maps it on the Buttzville 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.
- 1897 USGS Tower quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Buttzville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Casselton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Buttzville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 133 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DON VIG |
| 2 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JAMES 03TIN |
| 1 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | VALLEY CITY LAGOON |
| 31 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | KJELLAND |
| 6 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | N LISBON DITCH FIRE |
| 13 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JUNE GRASS FIRE |
| 2 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CHEY SPITZER |
| 12 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JON WAGAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buttzville in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 4 hail. 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 2017 | Hail | Buttzville | - | The large hail was accompanied by a strong wind, which blew down some small branches in a farm yard. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Buttzville | - | Dime to nickel sized hail fell with very heavy rain. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Buttzville | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Buttzville | - | 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 1028220. 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.