BlockDover, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bilodeau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58421. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle.
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.
- 1951 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Carrington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Dover between 2012 and 2016, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SOUTH CAR FIRE |
| 4 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MM216 |
| 4 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2 WEST |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RIFLE RANGE FIRE |
| 30 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ANDERSON TREE BELT |
| 14 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GUN RANGE FIRE |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dover in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Hail | Dover | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033748. 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.