BlockHensler, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1961. It stands in the East Oliver unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58530. The Survey maps it on the Washburn quadrangle. It stands 1,713 feet above sea level.
On record in Hensler
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Cross Ranch Archeological Districtlisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Washburn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Washburn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hensler between 2017 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | WASHBURN RR FIRE |
| 11 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | WINN FIRE |
| 24 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HENSLER HAY FIRE |
| 12 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HWY 83 MM 123 |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hensler: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Sand & Gravel Was | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Van Oosting Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hensler in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Hail | Hensler | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Hensler | - | Severe crop damage. Also had 1.50 inches of rain. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hensler | - | Cooperative observer reported tree's damage and dumpster flipped over. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Hensler | - | Tornado remained in open field and moved into McLean county. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Hensler | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hensler | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Hensler | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hensler | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hensler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanger | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Fort Clark | 9.0 miles | 6 | |
| Price | 14.2 miles | 9 | |
| Center | 15.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hannover | 20.8 miles | 5 | |
| Otter Creek | 28.9 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 Hensler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5731365 | 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 1029403. 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.