BlockDoyon, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Bartlett Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58327. The Survey maps it on the Doyon 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 Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Doyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Doyon between 1998 and 2019, burning about 125 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Fort Totten Agency | FURNITURE |
| 8 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2018-10 |
| 9 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2019-8 |
| 6 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SOUTH |
| 3 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MAHONEY |
| 11 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | GUNDER |
| 9 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | 062 |
| 27 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | MILLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doyon in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doyon | $500 | Tree branches were blown down over the extreme southeast corner of Ramsey county. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Doyon | - | Report of 1 inch hail from spotter. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Doyon | - | Large hail fell along highway 2, about a mile west of the racetrack. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doyon | - | A shed was tumbled, fencing and roofing were torn up, and a building was demolished at the Devils Lake Speedway. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doyon | - | Numerous large tree branches were broken in and near Doyon. The grandstands were flipped and a travel trailer tumbled at the Devils Lake Speedway. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Doyon | - | Pea to nickel sized hail completely covered the ground. |
| July 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Doyon | - | The tornado briefly touched down in an open field. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Doyon | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Doyon | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Doyon | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Doyon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Doyon | - | 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 1028712. 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.