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Kerry, North Dakota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lampton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58270. The Survey maps it on the Edinburg quadrangle.

Kerry within Walsh County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kerry in 2015, burning about 200 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 December 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceDAHL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walsh County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kerry: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cudmore Gravel Supply PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edindurg Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Walsh County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kerry in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindKerry-The roof to a barn built in 1985 was blown off. Numerous tree branches were also blown down.
June 2020HailKerry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walsh County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Edinburg4.1 miles9
Park River5.2 miles8
Pleasant Valley6.8 miles8
Hoople10.5 miles10
Mandt11.1 miles8
Pisek11.2 miles8
Lankin11.9 miles8
Adams14.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033769. 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.