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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1897 USGS Tower quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Tower City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Casselton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
15 since 2015Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10000134 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10000112 |
| 14 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 1000102 |
| 3 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | TOWER CITY BALE FIRE |
| 3 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 1000110 |
| 1 June 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 21 May 2016 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | I-94 MM 301 |
| 10 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 1000109 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koldok | $200,000 | Multiple vehicles were blown off Interstate 94, which briefly closed. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Koldok | $20,000 | A 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koldok | $15,000 | A semi-truck was flipped over by strong winds. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koldok | - | Semi-truck blown off the road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koldok | - | A semi trailer was blown off Interstate 94 near Oriska. A boat also blew off a trailer. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Koldok | - | Very heavy rain accompanied the storm. Some smaller branches were also blown down. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koldok | - | A semi carrying anhydrous ammonia rolled on its side in the eastbound lane of Interstate 94. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koldok | - | Large tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koldok | - | Large tree branches were blown down near Interstate 94. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Koldok | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Koldok | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Koldok | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oriska | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Peak | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cuba | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fingal | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Kibby (historical) | 13.5 miles | 10 | |
| North Valley City | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Valley City | 14.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lucca | 15.3 miles | 10 |
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 Koldok | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6427151 | 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 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.





