BlockJoliette, North Dakota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Joliette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58271. The Survey maps it on the Joliette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1939 USGS Pembina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Pembina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Joliette quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cavalier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Joliette between 1999 and 2019, burning about 1,871 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | DUSTY WILSON RESIDENCE |
| 5 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 471 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | HOUGHTON JUHL WF |
| 21 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1,320 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | HOUGH&JUHL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Joliette in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 7 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joliette | $500,000 | Strong winds destroyed eight grain bins, knocked down some trees, and damaged the doors on a scale house. One of the 50 foot tall bins was carried away nearly 1000 feet, landing in a nearby farm field. The 8 bins were empty at the time, each capable of holding 50,000 bushels. Three large grain augers were also ruined. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joliette | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Joliette | - | Large hail covered Interstate 29 near mile point 200. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Joliette | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Joliette | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Joliette | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Joliette | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Joliette | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Joliette | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Joliette | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McArthur | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Fleece | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bowesmont | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pembina | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hamilton | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Huron City (historical) | 12.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pittsburgh | 13.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bathgate | 13.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1029690. 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.