BlockNanson, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Rolette unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58366. The Survey maps it on the Nanson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Nanson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Nanson between 2002 and 2020, burning about 666 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TUMMEY |
| 1 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 402 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TERRY REED |
| 21 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 180 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LUND |
| 21 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | SOUPAN |
| 17 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | COUNTY 15 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nanson in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nanson | $30,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew off a barn roof. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Nanson | $10,000 | Fire officials determined that lightning struck a light outside the building, the former Mylo Town Hall, and traveled through the electrical line to the building where it started a fire. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Nanson | - | Roads washed out due to high water flowing over them. |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Nanson | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Nanson | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Nanson | - | 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 1030351. 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.