BlockHanks, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Barr Butte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58856. The Survey maps it on the Hanks quadrangle. It stands 2,116 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1948 USGS Hanks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanks in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 | Hanks | $150,000 | Mountrail-Williams electric recorded 52 poles broken, which includes a one-mile long stretch where every pole was broken southeast of Grenora. In addition, a large tree was blown down in Zahl. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanks | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanks | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Hanks | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zahl | 6.2 miles | 6 | |
| Grenora | 7.2 miles | 6 | |
| Gladys | 7.5 miles | 5 | |
| Appam | 11.6 miles | 6 | |
| Blacktail | 12.3 miles | 5 | |
| Bonetraill | 13.0 miles | 5 | |
| West Bonetraill | 15.9 miles | 5 | |
| Marmon | 16.8 miles | 5 |
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 Hanks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5648565 | 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 1029297. 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.
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.