BlockColgate, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Colgate Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58046. The Survey maps it on the Colgate quadrangle. 63 people lived here at the last count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Colgate quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Colgate between 2006 and 2016, burning about 1,091 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2015 | Natural | 160 acres | Valley City Wetland Management District | ROGERS |
| 24 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GENE AMANN |
| 20 November 2006 | Debris and open burning | 927 acres | Valley City Wetland Management District | FULLER'S LAKE 06 |
| 11 November 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DITCH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colgate in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colgate | $1,000,000 | Numerous trees were blown down and a field irrigation system was overturned. Extensive crop damage also occurred in Colgate and Broadlawn Townships. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colgate | $10,000 | A chicken coop was destroyed and two large evergreens were blown down. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Colgate | - | The tornado snapped numerous trees in shelterbelts along its path, scoured bean fields, and snapped two power poles. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colgate | - | Small trees and numerous large branches were blown down. Approximately 3.69 inches of rain was also reported. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Colgate | - | The tornado tracked northward intermittently for nearly 7 miles. Trees were damaged in shelterbelts and farm yards. A center pivot irrigation system was tumbled and twisted near Colgate. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colgate | - | Tremendous wind hit the town of Colgate. Several large tree limbs were downed around town. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Colgate | - | The hail broke some small branches. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Colgate | - | Quarter size hail fell and many large trees were broken. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Colgate | - | A second round of hail covered the ground. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Colgate | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Colgate | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Colgate | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Colgate | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Blabon | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Luverne | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sherbrooke | 15.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pickert | 16.0 miles | 8 | |
| Finley | 20.9 miles | 8 | |
| Interlaken (historical) | 23.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sharon | 27.4 miles | 8 |
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 Colgate | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30596041 | 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 1028423. 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.