BlockEpworth, North Dakota
4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Austin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58769. The Survey maps it on the Epworth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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 Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Epworth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Epworth between 2008 and 2017, burning about 220 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 211 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | EOG |
| 7 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BORDERLINE |
| 17 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DITCH FIRE |
| 9 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LIDSTROM FIRE |
| 29 April 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge | HEN |
| 11 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CRAFT CORNER FIRE |
| 13 March 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | PARSONAGE FIRE |
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epworth in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Epworth | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Epworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Epworth | - | 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 1028899. 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.