BlockCummings, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ervin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58223. The Survey maps it on the Buxton quadrangle. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
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
- 1971 USGS Buxton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cummings: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brend Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cummings in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cummings | $20,000 | A barn was destroyed by the strong wind. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cummings | - | Measured gust on NDAWN station 325679 Mayville ND. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cummings | - | NDAWN station 3 E Mayville confirmed a 66 mph wind gust. Mesonet station 325679 Mayville ND NDAWN. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cummings | - | Trees were blown down at a farmstead. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cummings | - | Several six to eight inch diameter tree branches were blown down in shelterbelts across northern Wold Township. |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Cummings | - | A tornado touched down near Cummings. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cummings | - | Snowplows were called out to remove the 5 inch deep layer of hail from Interstate 29. The melting hail produced a layer of ground fog, which reduced the visibility to around 100 feet. The hailstorm caused an estimated 30 million dollars in damage to Traill county. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cummings | - | Branches were blown down. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cummings | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Cummings | - | 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.
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 Cummings | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5194114 | 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 1035602. 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.
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.