BlockEmerson, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Killdeer unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58630. The Survey maps it on the Emerson 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 Watford City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Emerson quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Killdeer quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
16 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emerson in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 9 hail, 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2011 | Hail | Emerson | $35,000 | The large hail resulted in broken windows and damage to a vehicle. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerson | $25,000 | The strong winds caused tree damage. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerson | $5,000 | Estimated winds of 60 mph resulted in some minor tree damage. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Emerson | - | The tornado touched down in an open field south of Manning and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Emerson | - | The tornado occurred over rural locations northwest of Hirschville. No damage occurred, therefore the tornado was rated EF0. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Emerson | - | This tornado was reported by law enforcement to have basically touched the ground and almost immediately lift back into the parent thunderstorm. There was no damage and no structures were impacted, so the rating is EF0. |
| July 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Emerson | - | Multiple public reports of a tornado were called in to the Dickinson 911 dispatch center. This tornado occurred south of Manning in the open country of Dunn County. No damage was reported. The same thunderstorm complex that produced this tornado in Dunn County produced tornadoes later in Mercer County. See Mercer County tornado entries. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Emerson | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Emerson | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Emerson | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Emerson | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Emerson | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Emerson | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Emerson | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerson | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Emerson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manning | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Hirschville | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Dunn Center | 11.8 miles | 7 | |
| Killdeer | 14.4 miles | 7 | |
| Werner | 15.4 miles | 7 | |
| Marshall | 16.3 miles | 7 | |
| Fayette | 17.2 miles | 7 | |
| New Hradec | 18.3 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033755. 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.
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.