BlockHastings, North Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58049. The Survey maps it on the Hastings quadrangle. It stands 1,457 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1897 USGS Eckelson quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hastings between 2015 and 2019, burning about 401 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CORN STOVER HIGH WIND DITCH |
| 23 April 2015 | Natural | 375 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DOUGLAS HARLAND |
| 11 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | EAST OF LITCHVILLE 25 ACRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hastings in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 9 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hastings | $50,000 | An old granary was thrown fifty feet, and the wind knocked down two to three inch diameter branches down. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Hastings | - | A trained spotter called in a report of dime to quarter-sized hail and a quick half inch of rain. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hastings | - | MPING report of 3/4 inch hail. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Hastings | - | Large hail fell along with very strong winds. Some three to four inch diameter tree branches were blown down in southern Scandia Township. |
| September 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Hastings | - | A tornado tracked for about a mile or so, crossing state highway 1 in northeast Skandia Township. A thirty yard wide path was evident in a nearby field and several large branches were broken down in a shelterbelt and tossed a hundred yards or more downwind. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Hastings | - | The tornado briefly touched down. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hastings | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hastings | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hastings | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Hastings | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Hastings | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Hastings | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litchville | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Kathryn | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Daily | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Eastedge | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Nome | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cuba | 15.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fingal | 17.0 miles | 10 | |
| Valley City | 17.2 miles | 11 |
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 Hastings | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5680224 | 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 1029335. 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.