BlockForest River Colony, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Inkster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58231. The Survey maps it on the Inkster quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Inkster quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Forest River Colony between 2015 and 2017, burning about 104 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2017 | Smoking | 100 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GILLESPIE FIRE |
| 14 December 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HOLTERS HILL |
Storms near this place
13 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest River Colony in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 7 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Forest River Colony | $15,000 | State highway 32 was washed out just north of the intersection with county 1. Several other washouts occurred on county roads in Elkmont and Inkster Townships. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Forest River Colony | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Flood | Forest River Colony | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Flood | Forest River Colony | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Forest River Colony | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest River Colony | - | The wind gust was measured by an NDAWN mesonet station. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest River Colony | - | The wind gust was measured at a NDAWN mesonet site. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Forest River Colony | - | The tornado touched down along the eastern edge of the Forest River Colony and passed just west of Inkster, before dissipating about two miles east-northeast of Orr. The tornado was observed by Grand Forks Air Force Base personnel at about 408 p. m. CST. A few oak trees were snapped in the Forest River Valley while other large tree branches were broken down in shelterbelts along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest River Colony | - | A tree fell on a pickup truck with no reported injuries. The time was estimated based on radar imagery. |
| July 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Forest River Colony | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Forest River Colony | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Flood | Forest River Colony | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Forest River Colony | - | 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 1029004. 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.