BlockLeroy, North Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Joseph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58282. The Survey maps it on the Leroy quadrangle.
On record in Leroy
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
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1918 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leroy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cavalier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Leroy between 2017 and 2020, burning about 44 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 9 MILLRACE |
| 18 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BEAULIEU HILL |
| 15 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | WHITE SILO SHELTERBELT |
| 29 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LONGTIN DITCH FIRE |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DALZELL GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leroy in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 7 hail, 3 flood, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Leroy | $500,000 | Three to seven inches of rain fell over portions of northeast Pembina County, causing street flooding, basement flooding, and sewer backup. Many fields were flooded outside of town. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Leroy | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Flood | Leroy | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Flood | Leroy | $50,000 | Heavy overnight rains produced rapid rises on the Pembina River and excessive runoff which overwhelmed city storm sewer pumping stations. Approximately 75 percent of homes in the community received some form of basement flooding as a result of excessive overland flow and ponding of rainwater. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leroy | - | An Ash tree was blown down in a farmyard. |
| July 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Leroy | - | A brief touchdown was noted in an open field. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Leroy | - | Four trailer homes were blown over and a repair shop had extensive roof damage. Trees and power lines were blown down, interrupting electrical service. Two houses were also damaged. Most people in the trailer homes drove away prior to the tornado, having been alerted to the impending danger. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Leroy | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Leroy | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Leroy | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Leroy | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Leroy | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Leroy | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Leroy | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1029866. 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.