BlockMapes, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Rubin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58344. The Survey maps it on the Michigan West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Michigan West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Mapes between 2017 and 2018, burning about 101 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 | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-10 |
| 20 October 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2018-18 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mapes in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Hail | Mapes | - | Public reports 20 minutes of quarter sized hail. Also reports crop damage occurred with 100% loss. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Mapes | - | This tornado tracked intermittently for about four miles. It was viewed and reported as a funnel cloud by spotters along U. S. Highway 2. The tornado snapped a couple of mature ash trees and tore shingles off a roof at one farmstead. It later destroyed a small pole shed at a second farmstead. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Mapes | - | Large hail damaged several sections of corn, wheat, and soybeans from northeastern Dodds Township into north central Williams Township. The hail heavily bruised corn stalks and ears. Some areas had beans stems stripped to the stalk. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mapes | - | Two large 70 foot tall trees about 18 inches in diameter were blown onto a small house. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Mapes | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Mapes | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Mapes | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Mapes | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Mapes | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakota | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Michigan | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Pelto | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Whitman | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Harrisburg (historical) | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wamduska (historical) | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Petersburg | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Pekin | 17.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1030091. 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.