BlockFallon, North Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the East Morton unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58535. The Survey maps it on the Fallon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fallon quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Glen Ullin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Fallon between 2012 and 2017, burning about 655 acres in total. 2 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DILLMAN FIRE |
| 5 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JACOBER FIRE |
| 19 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CROWN BUTTE DAM |
| 15 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 600 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SWEETBRIAR FIRE |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CROWN BUTTE WEST |
| 24 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | WOLF FIRE 2017-056 |
| 30 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ASSEL FIRE |
| 26 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fallon in 2 storm reports in 2008: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flasher | 8.4 miles | 5 | |
| Timmer | 10.5 miles | 5 | |
| Saint Anthony | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Breien | 12.1 miles | 5 | |
| Lynwood | 14.4 miles | 7 | |
| Schmidt | 19.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lyons | 20.7 miles | 5 | |
| Sweet Briar | 21.8 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1028943. 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.