BlockNewville, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Victor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58324. The Survey maps it on the Munich SW 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 Munich SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Langdon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Newville between 1992 and 2015, burning about 1,153 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 136 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | PUNG WPA |
| 11 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | PUNG II |
| 7 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | PUNG WPA |
| 23 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | PUNG |
| 20 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 117 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | PUNG |
| 18 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | PUNG |
| 15 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SOUTH OF CALIO |
| 16 December 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | PUNG |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newville in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Newville | $2,000 | This tornado tracked from northeast Coolin Township into east-central Klingstrup Township. It snapped or uprooted several large cottonwood trees at farmsteads and shelterbelts along its path. |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Newville | - | A large dusty tornado was reported near Calio ND with no damage conveyed from any sources who witnessed it. This tornado started in Towner County and traveled 0.50 miles to the Cavalier county line, where it traveled an additional 1.04 miles. It is suspected that this was spawned out of land spout processes which likely contributed to its dusty tubelike appearance as seen on social media. UPDATE 7/22/25: Adjusted track based on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Newville | - | Dime to quarter sized hail covered the ground in southeast Victor Township. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Newville | - | Quarter to golf ball sized hail decimated sections of cropland in central and northeast Victor Township. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Newville | - | This tornado tracked for less than a quarter mile. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Newville | - | Large hail and very strong winds were reported across northern Victor Township. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Newville | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Newville | - | 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 1033886. 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.