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Charbonneau, North Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Charbon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58838. It stands on Lonesome Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charbonneau quadrangle.

Charbonneau within McKenzie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Charbonneau in 2020, burning about 96 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use96 acresDakota Prairie National GrasslandsLONESOME
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSOUTH DITCH GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKenzie County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Charbonneau: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McKenzie County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charbonneau in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2014HailCharbonneau$10,000Most of the hail that fell was pea size, with the largest golf ball size. There was some damage.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCharbonneau-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCharbonneau-no account filed
May 2023HailCharbonneau-no account filed
August 2023HailCharbonneau-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCharbonneau-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCharbonneau-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCharbonneau-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCharbonneau-no account filed
July 1995HailCharbonneau-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McKenzie County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Alexander6.4 miles7
Cartwright8.7 miles7
Rawson12.0 miles6
Harding13.4 miles8
East Fairview14.6 miles8
Dore14.9 miles8
Arnegard17.4 miles6
Watford City25.7 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1034773. 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.