BlockKarnak, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Broadview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58448. The Survey maps it on the Karnak quadrangle.
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.
- 1952 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Karnak quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Karnak in 2016, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RINGSTAD |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | OTT FARM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Karnak in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Karnak | - | The wind gust speed was estimated. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Karnak | - | Widespread downburst wind damage was noted across southeast Griggs County and into adjacent portions of southwest Steele County and northeast Barnes County. Significant crop and tree damage occurred across the southern half of Broadview Township which indicated peak wind speeds of from 90 to 100 mph. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Karnak | - | The tornado was reported 8 miles north of Luverne on the Griggs side of the county line by a trained spotter. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Karnak | - | A tornado passed over the north end of Lake Ashtabula. The tornado originated in Barnes county. |
| June 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Karnak | - | Multiple funnel clouds were reported. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Karnak | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Karnak | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Karnak | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannaford | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Walum | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Shepard | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cooperstown | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mardell (historical) | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Revere | 14.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jessie | 20.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sutton | 21.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1029715. 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.