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Concrete, North Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaulieu Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58220. The Survey maps it on the Concrete quadrangle.

Concrete within Pembina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Concrete between 2002 and 2020, burning about 708 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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
31 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceJEEP INCIDENT
12 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHWY5HELGOE
28 July 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMARTINS FIRE
5 June 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTHREE BRIDGES FIRE
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceDITCH FIRE
31 May 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2002
20 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined700 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServicePEMBINA GORGE
29 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2020-01593

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pembina County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concrete in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Flash FloodConcrete$10,000A culvert was blown out due to excessive rainfall about one mile east of Mountain. More flash flooding was reported about 2 miles north of Concrete.
July 2024HailConcrete-Public reports quarter sized hail, still hailing at time of report.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindConcrete-A tree was blown down, blocking Highway 32.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindConcrete-Several wooden power poles were blown down along highway 32. Time is estimated based on radar data. The report was posted via social media.
July 2016Funnel CloudConcrete-A funnel cloud was observed approaching the Tongue River.
June 2015HailConcrete-Nickel to quarter sized hail fell in the town of Concrete and at the nearby Cavalier Air Force Station.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Concrete-This tornado tracked for nearly seven miles, breaking numerous large tree limbs along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindConcrete-A 70 knot wind gust was measured at the Cavalier Air Force Station.
September 2019HailConcrete-no account filed
June 2017HailConcrete-no account filed
July 2010HailConcrete-no account filed
August 2002HailConcrete-no account filed
May 1998HailConcrete-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pembina 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
Mountain5.4 miles8
Hallson6.3 miles10
Svold8.5 miles10
Leyden11.2 miles11
Akra11.2 miles10
Gardar11.3 miles8
Walhalla12.3 miles12
Backoo13.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1028436. 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.