BlockHeaton, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Speedwell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58418. The Survey maps it on the Heaton quadrangle. It stands 1,706 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Heaton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Carrington quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heaton in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heaton | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heaton | - | Heavy rain accompanied the strong winds. |
| April 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Heaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Heaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Heaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Heaton | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Heaton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Heaton | - | 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.
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 Heaton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22061141 | 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 1029377. 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.