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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Charbonneau quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Charbonneau quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2020Regional 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 use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 96 acres | Dakota Prairie National Grasslands | LONESOME |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | SOUTH DITCH GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Hail | Charbonneau | $10,000 | Most of the hail that fell was pea size, with the largest golf ball size. There was some damage. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charbonneau | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charbonneau | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Charbonneau | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Charbonneau | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charbonneau | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charbonneau | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charbonneau | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charbonneau | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Charbonneau | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Cartwright | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Rawson | 12.0 miles | 6 | |
| Harding | 13.4 miles | 8 | |
| East Fairview | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Dore | 14.9 miles | 8 | |
| Arnegard | 17.4 miles | 6 | |
| Watford City | 25.7 miles | 6 |
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.




