Keene, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Blue Butte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58847. The Survey maps it on the Keene quadrangle. It stands 2,444 feet above sea level.
On record in Keene
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
- Sandstone Schoollisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Keene quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Parshall quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Keene quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Keene between 2011 and 2020, burning about 48 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BRENNA 2019093 |
| 19 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Berthold Agency | HESS |
| 11 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2020-045 |
| 30 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | CAMEL-1 |
| 20 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2019084 |
| 25 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2018051 |
| 28 May 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | REC 2019059 |
| 18 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HESS 01 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Keene: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keene in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1995 | Hail | Keene | 5 hurt, $2,000,000 | Softball-size hail reported by Department of Emergency Services. Eighty-five sections in NE McKenzie County affected with nearly $7 million damage to crops and buildings. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | $50,000 | Emergency management estimated winds to be gusting around 80 mph. |
| September 1996 | Hail | Keene | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Keene | - | The hail combined with wind to lay down five inch tall wheat, but most of it was expected to recover. |
| July 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Keene | - | A funnel cloud came within approximately 150 feet of the ground. Reports were that there was no debris visible at the surface and that there was no damage. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | - | Reported by various sources including a NWS cooperative observer and McKenzie County road crew. Many small wrist size tree branches broken. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Keene | - | Mostly pea size hail. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Keene | - | Farmer reported 20% of his canola crop destroyed. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Keene | - | Mckenzie County sheriff reported several houses and cars with windows broken. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Keene | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Keene | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkeye | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Johnsons Corner | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Charlson | 9.9 miles | 5 | |
| Croff | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Banks | 15.5 miles | 8 | |
| Schafer | 15.7 miles | 7 | |
| Spotted Horn | 19.3 miles | 7 | |
| Mandaree | 19.6 miles | 7 |
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 Keene | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6382886 | 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 1034953. 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.





