BlockGriffin, North Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58651. The Survey maps it on the Griffin 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.
- 1953 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Bowman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Griffin between 2005 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2005 | Natural | 30 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Dakota Prairie National Grasslands | MIKES CREEK |
| 11 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DOBITZ TREES FIRE |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BOWMAN HALEY DAM FIREWORKS |
| 30 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HARRY KERR BALE FIRE |
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 Griffin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Kern Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griffin in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffin | $250,000 | Power lines were down near Griffin. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffin | - | This report was relayed by the Bowman County Emergency Manager. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Griffin | - | Strong thunderstorm winds were also reported across southern Bowman County. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Griffin | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Griffin | - | 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 1029243. 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.