BlockFreda, North Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Freda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58569. The Survey maps it on the Freda 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 Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Freda quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Freda in 2017, burning about 1 acre 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RICHTER |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freda in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Hail | Freda | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds combined with the large hail resulting in crop damage and all west side windows on a home broken. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Freda | - | The tornado was on the ground for about one minute and traveled less than one-tenth of a mile over a rural area. No injuries or deaths were reported, and no damage occurred. As a result of the tornado hitting no structures it was rated EF-0. |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Freda | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Freda | - | 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 1029044. 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.