BlockHallson, North Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Akra Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58220. The Survey maps it on the Hallson quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1918 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hallson quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cavalier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hallson between 2000 and 2017, burning about 1,374 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | JEEP INCIDENT |
| 12 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HWY5HELGOE |
| 28 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MARTINS FIRE |
| 5 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | THREE BRIDGES FIRE |
| 3 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ICELANDIC STATE PARK FIRE |
| 21 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 370 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | WALHALLA |
| 20 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | PEMBINA GORGE |
| 17 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TONGUE RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hallson in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hallson | - | Peak wind was measured at a personal weather station. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hallson | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Hallson | - | The tornado snapped or uprooted numerous hardwood trees in shelterbelts and along the Tongue River. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hallson | - | Several large trees were blown down near the Tongue River. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hallson | - | The hail fell near the town of Hallson. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hallson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14708322 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1029283. 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.