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Koldok, North Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Oriska Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58071. The Survey maps it on the Tower City quadrangle. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level.

Koldok within Barnes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

15 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Koldok between 2015 and 2020, burning about 33 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 burning8
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
19 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service10000134
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service10000112
14 July 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service1000102
3 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTOWER CITY BALE FIRE
3 June 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service1000110
1 June 2020Smokingunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
21 May 2016Smoking2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceI-94 MM 301
10 May 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service1000109

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barnes County

Storms near this place

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Koldok in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2017Thunderstorm WindKoldok$200,000Multiple vehicles were blown off Interstate 94, which briefly closed.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Koldok$20,000A tornado tracked intermittently for about 4 miles and crossed into Cass County about 2 miles north of Tower City by 739 pm CDT. It then continued for about one more mile before it lifted about 2 miles northeast of Tower City by 741 pm CDT. A few large branches were broken down in shelterbelts. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindKoldok$15,000A semi-truck was flipped over by strong winds.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKoldok-Semi-truck blown off the road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindKoldok-A semi trailer was blown off Interstate 94 near Oriska. A boat also blew off a trailer.
June 2018HailKoldok-Very heavy rain accompanied the storm. Some smaller branches were also blown down.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindKoldok-A semi carrying anhydrous ammonia rolled on its side in the eastbound lane of Interstate 94.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKoldok-Large tree branches were blown down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindKoldok-Large tree branches were blown down near Interstate 94.
August 2015HailKoldok-no account filed
June 2015HailKoldok-no account filed
May 2007HailKoldok-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barnes 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
Oriska3.5 miles11
Peak10.0 miles10
Cuba10.4 miles10
Fingal12.1 miles10
Kibby (historical)13.5 miles10
North Valley City14.5 miles10
Valley City14.8 miles11
Lucca15.3 miles10

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 KoldokAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6427151The 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 1033772. 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.