BlockNiles, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake Ibsen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58346. The Survey maps it on the Niles quadrangle. It stands 1,522 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Niles quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Niles between 1999 and 2019, burning about 76 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TARANG FIRE |
| 2 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | WILL FIRE |
| 4 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | ROAD |
| 27 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 04/27/16 BRUSH FIRE |
| 19 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 192019 |
| 29 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | FOX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Niles in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Niles | $20,000 | A tornado briefly touched down near highway 2, snapping trees in a shelterbelt. A nearby RWIS mesonet sensor reported a wind gust to 101 mph. The tornado was likely wrapped in heavy rain and downburst winds. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Niles | - | Public reports 1.25 inch hail. Time estimated from caller and radar. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Niles | - | Emergency Manager reports 1 inch hail. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | Peak wind at the 10 meter height was measured at an NDAWN station, 3 miles SSE of Niles. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | Peak wind gust at 10 meters was measured at an NDAWN station 3 miles southeast of Niles. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | Peak wind was measured at an RWIS station along US Highway 2. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | Secondary peak wind was measured at an NDDOT RWIS station along Highway 2. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Niles | - | The hail fell along highway 2, just west of highway 281. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Niles | - | A brief tornado touchdown occurred in an open field just north of highway 2. The tornado continued to the east for less than a quarter of a mile. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. The tornado was wrapped in heavy rain and downburst wind, on the leading edge of a squall line. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN mesonet sensor. A nearby north to south running irrigation system was flipped to the east. |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Niles | - | A brief funnel cloud was spotted under a persistent wall cloud. A webcam caught the funnel cloud. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | The wind gust was measured by a RWIS mesonet sensor along highway 2. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | A secondary burst of winds struck a RWIS mesonet sensor along highway 2. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | The wind gust was measured by a RWIS mesonet sensor along highway 2. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN mesonet sensor. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | The wind gust was measured by a RWIS mesonet sensor along highway 2. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Niles | - | Very heavy rain was accompanied by a lot of dime to quarter sized hail. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | The wind gust was measured by the Leeds RWIS station near U. S. Highway 2 and highway 281. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Niles | - | A lot of two inch diameter hailstones covered the ground, but a few larger hailstones were also found. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Niles | - | A brief touchdown occurred near Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Niles | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Niles | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Niles | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Niles | - | 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q7037005 | 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 1030409. 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.