BlockGreene, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1958. It stands in Grassland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58787. The Survey maps it on the Greene quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1949 USGS Greene quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Grano quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Greene between 1992 and 2015, burning about 530 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | 106 acres | Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge | LEAVITT |
| 23 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge | MAU III |
| 23 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge | MAU IV |
| 23 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge | MAU V |
| 5 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 105 acres | Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge | GREENE WF |
| 3 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 166 acres | Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge | CHOO CHOO |
| 2 May 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge | GRANO |
| 16 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge | CHOO CHOO 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Greene: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siebert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greene in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Greene | 1 killed, 2 hurt, $46,000 | A tornado touched down 12 miles south of Greene or 7 N of Carpio. The tornado touched down directly on a farmhouse. The house was blown off of the foundation, then blown apart. A 70 yr. old man was blown out of the house, while a 1 month old infant was trapped in the debris. A 73 yr old woman was also trapped under the debris. She was alive when found but passed away at the hospital from her injuries. |
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 1029240. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.